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Displaying 13 Finding Aids
Title
- New York State Counsel to the Governor Departments and Divisions subject files
Series Number
- B2338
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the departments and divisions of New York State government. The counsel's responsibilities included making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting as a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature; and advising the Governor on policy and program matters. Much of this material relates to policy matters or to legal, legislative, jurisdictional, or administrative aspects of the departments and divisions.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- Records are available for inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Law, unless that law exempts particular records from disclosure.
Title
- Counsel to the Governor office files
Series Number
- B2341
Summary
- This series consists of records, including subject and personnel files, maintained by various staff members of the Counsel to the Governor's office. Other types of records include news clippings, correspondence, invitations, memorandums, press releases, and reports. Records in the series relate to subjects such as the National Guard legislative program, civil defense in the event of a natural disaster, military pension increases, amendments to the Waterfront Commission Act, and conflicts within county-level Democratic Party committees.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Power Authority contract records
Series Number
- B2340
Summary
- This series consists of copies of proposed and accepted contracts and other records, generated by the Counsel to Governor W. Averell Harriman, documenting the sale of St. Lawrence power by the New York State Power Authority. The Counsel to the Governor was responsible for clearing all contracts, as to content and form, which required the Governor's signature. Approximately half of the records in the series relate to contracts with the Reynolds Metals Company and the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Committees and Commissions subject files
Series Number
- B2336
Summary
- The subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office relate to the creation, activities, and meetings of legislative or administrative committees and commissions. The Counsel's duties included making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting as a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature and between the Governor and all investigative bodies; and advising the Governor on policy and program matters. Correspondence and reports in these subjects files document include criminal insanity and home rule.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bank mergers and bank holding companies subject files
Series Number
- B2337
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the merging of banks in New York State and to legislation regulating bank holding companies. The Counsel was responsible for various duties, which included making recommendations on proposed legislation; negotiating interstate or international agreements; clearing all contracts; and advising the Governor on many policy and program matters. Records include correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, and newspaper clippings.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Counsel to the Governor legislative records
Series Number
- B2644
Summary
- This series consists of files of the Counsel to the Governor's office relating to state legislation, bills recommended by state departments, and program bills designed to implement specific aspects of Governor Harriman's legislative program. Records document state, departmental, and program legislation from the 1957 Extraordinary Session of the State Legislature and the First Annual Executive Legislative Institute of the same year. Topics of interests include agriculture and markets, mental health, assistance for the elderly, and unemployment insurance.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Judiciary subject files
Series Number
- B2335
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to New York State courts. The Counsel's responsibilities advising the Governor on policy and program matters and making recommendations on proposed legislationand on all appointments to the judiciary. Records relate to the New York State Courts and the Temporary State Commission on the Courts, and focus on court organization and appointments, salaries and workloads of judges.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Authorities subject files
Series Number
- B2334
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to New York State authorities. The Counsel's responsibilities included clearing all contracts that required the Governor's signature, making recommendations on proposed legislation, and advising on policy and program matters. Records include correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, plans, press releases, copies of legislative bills and acts, and newspaper clippings relating to the administrative, legal, jurisdictional and legislative aspects of New York State authorities.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Files of the investigation of Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi
Series Number
- B1941
Summary
- This series consists primarily of documents obtained by the Special Counsel to Governor George Pataki in connection with the governor's investigation of potential ethics violations made by then-New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi. Records were supplied mostly by the Office of the State Comptroller in response to subpoenas. Records were also supplied by the General Counsel to the Office of the New York City Comptroller in response to subpoenas, by the New York State Ethics Commission, and by other sources.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
- New York (State). Governor (1995-2006 : Pataki)
Access Restrictions
- All records in this series are restricted with the exception of the contents of Box 14 (Assurance in Continuance in the Matter of Alan G. Hevesi, Office of the State Comptroller, Dec. 12, 2006). This series may be used only with permission of the Executive Chamber, Counsel of the Governor.
Title
- Legislative bill and veto jackets
Series Number
- 12590
Summary
- "Jackets" or files documenting the governor's legislative decision-making process were compiled by the Counsel to the Governor and include records relating to each bill passed by the legislature and sent to the governor for approval. The jackets are comprised mainly of memoranda and correspondence to the governor from state agencies, legislators, legislative committees, commissions, legal associations, lobbyists, private firms, and citizens, expressing approval of or opposition to particular legislation.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: Pre-1920 records are closed to research because of extreme fragility.
- Restricted: Pre-1940 records may be too fragile to reproduce.
Title
- Counsel to the Governor records relating to investigations
Series Number
- B2438
Summary
- This series documents investigations on public officials, agency management, proper enforcement of laws and matters of public peace, safety, and justice. Records include correspondence, memoranda, hearings transcripts, testimonies and interviews, reports and findings of the Commission, court decisions and grand jury reports, and newspaper clippings. Notable investigations include the Mafia meeting at Apalachin, NY; parole of Joseph Lanza; a Ballston Spa murder; a Brooklyn cave-in; the Corning police chief; funeral homes and Westfield State Farm. Records are partially restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- Series B2438: Partially restricted by Laws of 1953, Chap. 887; Civil Rights Law, sect. 73.8; Civil Practice Law and Rules, sect. 3101(b), (c), and (d) and 4503(a); Freedom of Information Law, sect. 87.2(b), (e)(iii) and (iv), and (g). For further information, please contact the State Archives.
Title
- Governor's bill files
Series Number
- A4438
Summary
- This series consists of legislative bills and memoranda prepared by the Governor's Counsel's Office to promote the governor's legislative program. Each bill relates to a particular program area, law, or department of state government, such as agriculture, education, health, social services, or tax. These files contain original versions of bills which often differ from the final versions. In some cases these might be the only existing copies of the proposed legislation.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Research files, meeting minutes, and reports of the Commission of Legislative and Judicial Salaries
Series Number
- 12878
Summary
- The bulk of this series includes materials gathered from other states concerning salaries paid to legislative and judicial officials and employees. The files also contain minutes of commission meetings, public hearing testimony, and drafts of internal reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.