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Title

Commission on Public Integrity annual reports

Series Number

B2349

Summary

This series contains annual reports of the New York State Commission on Public Integrity and its predecessor entities, the New York Temporary State Commission on Lobbying and the New York State Ethics Commission. The reports include information on the commissions' education and outreach efforts, enforcement, legislation, disclosure requirements, investigations, advisory opinions, structure, and commission members. They also provide financial listings of lobbyists.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission On Public Integrity

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Commission on Government Integrity general information files

Series Number

15830

Summary

This series served as a general reference file for commission activities. Records document Commission activities related to the investigation of corruption, campaign financing, judicial selection, and patronage, as well as activities promoting efficiency in government and personnel reforms. Included are background information on state legislators; charts on ethics training in New York City agencies; invitation lists; hearing records; budgets; press releases; correspondence; and commission history, minutes, and reports. Also included are reference materials regarding subpoenas, legislative authority, jurisdiction, FOIL, and issues of confidentiality.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity

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.

Title

Commission on Government Integrity litigation files

Series Number

15827

Summary

These state and federal court records document litigation that resulted from the Commission's investigation of state and local political party committees and political action committees. Documents include pleadings; notices; motions; affidavits; briefs; memoranda of law; transcripts of proceedings; and orders. Litigation concerned efforts to vacate, cancel, or quash subpoenas requiring testimony before the Commission or the submission of documents to the Commission; to change court venue; or to file an appeal or support motions for a stay pending appeal.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity

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.

Some items in "correspondence" folders might be subject to attorney-client privilege; archivist will review to determine access.

Title

Department of Health Division of Legal Affairs employee misconduct and program misconduct files

Series Number

16407

Summary

This series contains progress and final investigation reports, investigation notes, transcripts and depositions, correspondence, and various exhibits and other background material generated by the State Health Department Division of Legal Affairs. Investigations can include Department of Health employees and programs, other State agencies, local government programs, public and private health care facilities, physicians and other health care providers, health programs on State Indian reservations, and private individuals and organizations that come under the Health Commissioner's jurisdiction.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Legal Affairs

Access Restrictions

Portions of this series are restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with State Freedom of Information Law.

Title

Commission on Government Integrity informant correspondence files

Series Number

B1339

Summary

The commission compiled the information in these files to further its investigation into violations of ethical or legal standards of conduct by public officials and employees. Informants wrote to the commission making allegations against individuals and organizations. These allegations included involvement in criminal activity; conflict of interest; official misconduct; obstruction of justice; drug abuse; no-show employment; nepotism; election fraud; and patronage. Evidence supplied by informants ranged from well-documented allegations to totally unsupported innuendo.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity

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.

Title

Temporary Commission of Investigation archived websites

Series Number

B2041

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible Web site of the Temporary Commission of Investigation, which was empowered to investigate "any matter concerning the public peace, public safety and public justice" and ceased operations on April 1, 2009.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary Commission of Investigation

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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

Investigation "D" ("Troopergate") records

Series Number

B1989

Summary

This series consists of redacted electronic copies of 8,562 pages of paper records that the Albany County District Attorney's Office created or gathered as it investigated whether Darren Dopp, Governor Eliot L. Spitzer's Director of Communications, had perjured himself or committed other crimes during a 2007 inquiry into the "Troopergate" scandal. Included are transcripts of interviews that investigators conducted with Executive Chamber staffers, as well as State Police records, some of which were retroactively created at the request of the Executive Chamber, and Executive Chamber records concerning various State officials' use of State-owned aircraft and vehicles.

Creator

• Albany County (N.Y.). Office of the District Attorney

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Commission on Government Integrity investigation project files

Series Number

15823

Summary

This series documents the Commission on Government Integrity's investigation into violations of ethical or legal standards of conduct by public officials and employees. Particularly well documented are investigations of judicial selection, government procurement and contracting, and improper practices of New York City officials and employees.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity

Access Restrictions

All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Private hearing materials: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.

Investigation background reports on individuals: Restricted; Personal Privacy Protection Law, Section 96.1.c and personal privacy exemption of Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.b.

Tax returns: Restricted: Closed permanently; exempted from public disclosure by specific statutes, therefore deniable under Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.a.

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

State Ethics Commission report in the Matter of Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi

Series Number

B1939

Summary

In 2006, New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi (in office 2003-2006) was investigated by the New York State Ethics Commission for alleged inappropriate use of state employees to provide transport for his wife. This series consists of transcripts of testimony and accompanying exhibits from the investigation. Also included is the commission's Notice of Probable Cause.

Creator

• New York State Ethics Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Card file to case files of charges and complaints against public officials

Series Number

B1841

Summary

This is apparently the original, incomplete card file that partially indexes charges, complaints and investigations in Series A0531, Investigation Case Files. The case files relate to investigations, conducted by the governor or by commissioners appointed by the governor, into charges of misconduct in office or neglect of duty by state and local government agencies and officials.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.