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Displaying 207 Finding Aids
Title
- New York State Assembly Task Force on School Finance and Real Property hearing transcripts
Series Number
- L0146
Summary
- This series contains transcripts and statements from hearings on legislative options for establishing new real property tax systems in New York State. The testimony includes information on how the existing system affects commercial interests, the impact on the State's economy of shifting taxes from commercial to residential property, options for a classification system that provides tax relief for taxpayers, and whether these systems would be uniform across the state or adjust to local conditions.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Task Force on School Finance and Real Property Taxation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Factory Investigating Commission organizational and planning files concerning advisory committees on the proposed Labor Law recodification
Series Number
- A3026
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memorandums, notes, and other material concerning the New York City and Upstate Advisory Committees on Recodification of the Labor Law. The files include committee membership lists; meeting attendance lists; lists of individuals to receive recodification proposals; draft the Labor Law revisions relating to health and safety issues, work hours, and child labor; and reports on night work of women.
Creator
- New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title
- Eliot Spitzer correspondence index
Series Number
- B1971
Summary
- This series consists of a database created to index and track the incoming (1999-2006) and outgoing (2002-2006) paper correspondence of Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer. The database consists of two discrete tables, one tracking incoming correspondence and the other tracking outgoing correspondence.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Law
Access Restrictions
- Designated records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute or common law. Requests for access to designated records are reviewed by staff of the State Archives and the Office of the Attorney General (Dept. of Law). In certain circumstances, designated records or portions of records may be withheld.
Title
- Executive Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice administrative and hearing files
Series Number
- A3336
Summary
- The series consists of records of the commission which were compiled by its chief counsel and executive director, Roderick C. Lankler. The commission, commonly known as the "Liman Commission" after its chairman, Arthur L. Liman, was an advisory and fact-finding body appointed by Governor Carey to investigate prison overcrowding, jury selection reform, sentencing and parole laws and practices, and other aspects of the criminal justice system. The commission was discontinued shortly after Governor Mario M. Cuomo took office.
Creator
- New York (State). Executive Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice
Access Restrictions
- Certain categories of documents are restricted pursuant to Freedom of Information Law, Sections 87.2.b (invasion of personal privacy), 87.2.e.iii (confidential sources), 87.2.g (internal communications), or other statutes.
Title
- Correspondence and working files from Study 7 of the Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education
Series Number
- A2028
Summary
- This series consists of the correspondence and working files of the staff of Study 7, the Study of the State Education Department, conducted by the Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education. Study 7 produced separate reports for each division or bureau in the Education Department. The series includes working files for each of the reports on State Education Department divisions and bureaus prepared by the Study 7 staff. These working files include drafts and file copies of Study 7 reports, notes, maps, memoranda, clippings, correspondence, and copies of publications relating to the division or bureau under study.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Printed reports
Series Number
- A0010
Summary
- This series contains printed reports either submitted by the State Board of Charities to the Legislature, or by special committees to the Board of Charities. Reports by the board include legal proceedings against specific charities, and statewide statistical analyses of charities. Other reports contain recommendations by subcommittees and experts in the field on topics such as the blind, the insane, the treatment of resident aliens, and the view of charities in other nations.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Charities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Routine fiscal records of selected Moreland Commissions and a crime conference
Series Number
- 10985
Summary
- These records, primarily related to travel, purchases, and office expenses, document the day to day operations of various Moreland Commissions and the Governor's Crime Conference in 1936. The Moreland investigations pertain to workmen's compensation, Creedmore Hospital, insurance, racing, corrections, judicial action on administrative agencies, and the State Banking Department regarding City Trust Company.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor's Committee Appointed to Review New York State's Abortion Law reports and public hearing transcript
Series Number
- 10996
Summary
- The Committee studied the history of thought and legislation on abortion. They solicited information and opinions from representatives of medical, psychiatric, social, legal, theological, and other fields. This series is the Committee's final report file and includes a hearing transcript, Committee report, supplemental position paper, and correspondence regarding state abortion law in 1968.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Committee Appointed to Review New York State's Abortion Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Rebuttal testimony and exhibits concerning the investigation into the cost of the Shoreham Nuclear Generating Facility
Series Number
- B0321
Summary
- This series consists of transcripts of rebuttal testimony and accompanying exhibits submitted by the attorneys representing the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) to the the Public Service Commission. The Commission was investigating LILCO's decisions and actions related to the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant. Also included is a letter of transmittal containing a lengthy discussion on the history of the proceeding and a summary of the rebuttal testimonies, and a list of witnesses and their qualifications.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Service Commission. Office of the Secretary
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey issue files
Series Number
- L0006
Summary
- These files were compiled by staff of Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey. Topics include aid to education, energy, the Catskill Gateway project, and the construction of the North-South arterial in Kingston. Files contain correspondence, rough notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, published reports, and meeting minutes. Also included are court and public and private hearing transcripts documenting the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation's investigations of the involvement of organized crime in the waste disposal industry.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1992 : Maurice D. Hinchey)
Access Restrictions
- This series contains certain records to which access is restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
Title
- Questionnaire and interview files
Series Number
- 10990
Summary
- The commission compiled these records in the process of gathering opinions and comments on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law from interested parties. The series includes questionnaires completed by and transcripts of interviews with licensees, trade associations, officials, manufacturers, police, sociologists, and economists. The questionnaires provide name and address of individual, firm, or organization; type of business; and type of license for application is made. The series also contains petitions signed by liquor store owners urging that the Commission not recommend lifting limits on the number of licenses allowed or removing price controls.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.
- Private hearing materials: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.
Title
- Examination of accounts of Battle Island Paper Company
Series Number
- A1472
Summary
- This report on the profitability of the Battle Island Paper Company, Fulton, relates to the company's claim for inadequate compensation for the appropriation of its water power rights during construction of the Barge Canal. The report includes a balance sheet; tables showing yearly balances; monthly summary accounts for manufacture and sale of sulfate; and details the company's assets and liabilities and its profit/loss accounts.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Assembly Office of Legislative Oversight and Analysis correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- L0015
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, newspaper clippings, testimony, and press releases on issues examined by the Assembly Office of Legislative Oversight and Analysis. The records relate to critical public policy issues including State Police non-criminal investigations; the 1970's New York City fiscal crisis; protecting newsrooms from unannounced searches; corporate corruption and tax loopholes; the safety of the Long Island Railroad; and the affordable housing program.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Office of Legislative Oversight and Analysis
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Boards of Inquiry files dealing with strikes
Series Number
- B0308
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, hearings transcripts, and press releases generated by the Industrial Commissioner's office during arbitration of labor disputes including League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York and Local 1199, Drug and Hospital Union, AFL-CIO; Long Island College Hospital and Local 144, Hotel and Allied Employees Union, Building Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO; and St. Elizabeth's Hospital/St. Luke's Memorial Hospital Center and the New York State Nurses Association.
Creator
- New York (State). Industrial Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- Series contains some material that may be restricted. State Archives staff will review requested documents and disclose information pursuant to the State Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Records of the Citizens Council on Traffic Safety
Series Number
- B1946
Summary
- This series consists of press releases, meeting minutes, and correspondence regarding the Citizens Council on Traffic Safety sent to Secretary to Governor Harriman, Jonathan B. Bingham. The council consisted of 100 members, half of them representing organizations active in the field of traffic safety, and the other half consisting of individuals who had taken an active interest in the issue. They coordinated activities with the Traffic Safety Policy Coordination Committee, of which Jonathan Bingham was chair.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor. Secretary to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Housing hearing files
Series Number
- L0148
Summary
- The testimony in this series was given by local government housing agencies; lending institutions; real estate and developer associations; tenant and homeowner associations; civic, religious and community groups; and senior citizen groups. Testimony focuses on neighborhood preservation, rent control, low-incoming financing, and the role of government in developing housing. Nearly all the records relate to New York City. Also included are draft legislation, reports, press clippings, and press releases.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Housing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence, research, and report file
Series Number
- 10988
Summary
- This series is the central file of correspondence, memoranda, and background materials maintained by the Citizens Committee on Reapportionment in carrying out its studies and producing its report. The records reflect the Committee's charge to study and make recommendations on questions relating to reapportionment. Includes are letters from government officials and citizens, meeting minutes, memos, clippings, Supreme Court decisions, and studies from other states.
Creator
- New York (State). Citizens' Committee on Reapportionment
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Electric generating plants and environmental policy hearing transcripts and reports
Series Number
- A0166
Summary
- Established in 1970, the commission was organized to formulate uniform procedures to regulate site selection of electrical generating plants. This series contains transcripts of the commission's public hearings held to gather public opinion for its reports to the legislature; transcripts of the senate debate on the commission's findings; the interim and final reports of the commission; and memorandums of understanding and agreement between the governor and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission or the State legislature.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Environmental Impact of Major Public Utility Facilities
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Legislature Assembly Program and Committee Staff Office of Research and Analysis correspondence and subject files relating to television commercials for food products aimed at children
Series Number
- L0145
Summary
- In response to the growing concern that many Americans did not receive a nutritionally balanced diet, the Assembly Program and Committee Staff, Office of Research and Analysis sought input from individuals and groups interested in health and nutrition. This series includes hearing and symposium testimony, published and unpublished reports, correspondence, press clippings, draft legislation and memorandums in support thereof, handwritten notes, and press releases. Advertising material includes transcripts and storyboards of television commercials and film containing examples of commercials for children's food products.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Program and Committee Staff. Office of Research and Analysis
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Russian Soviet Bureau seized files
Series Number
- L0032
Summary
- The Russian Soviet Bureau was set up by the Bolshevik government to act as its representative in the United States. These files, seized in raids by the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities (known as the "Lusk Committee" for its Chairman Clayton R. Lusk) contain information on the activities of the bureau, correspondence between bureau head Ludwig C.A.K. Martens and bureau contacts, mailing lists of supporters and companies doing business with the Russian government, and transcripts of lectures given by Socialist supporters.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.