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Displaying 203 Finding Aids
Title
- Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 19606
Summary
- This series consists of the subject and correspondence files created by the commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. The commissioner creates, receives, and retains a variety of correspondence, memorandums, reference materials, draft and final policy statements, and budget materials related to all aspects of agency operations.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York subject files
Series Number
- B1988
Summary
- This series documents actions of the Municipal Assistance Corporation. Included are records associated with the Four-Year Financing Plan for the City of New York (FY 1979-FY 1982) and the preceding Moratorium years.
Creator
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York
Title
- New York City Board of Pharmacy licensing index
Series Number
- B0489
Summary
- This series indexes the names of persons who registered as pharmacists with the local or state boards of pharmacy prior to 1900. Entries include name; abbreviation for former board (e.g., NYSB-New York State Board; KCB-Kings County Board; ECB-Erie County Board); registration or license number (some entries); and an unidentified number (some entries).
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Board of Pharmacy
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Study Commission for New York City administrative files
Series Number
- A0566
Summary
- The State Study Commission for New York City was created by Chapter 413 of the Laws of 1971 for the purpose of attaining efficiency, economy, and improvement in the operation of city government. This accretion contains a variety of records collected or created by the commission during its study, including copies of contracts; proposals; bills; testimony; expenditures and appropriations; newspaper clippings; financial information for municipal agencies studied; and press releases.
Creator
- New York (State). State Study Commission for New York City
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York office chronological files
Series Number
- B1977
Summary
- This series consists of office correspondence compiled in monthly files by the Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York.
Creator
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commissioner to Examine and Investigate the Management and Affairs of the Office of the Fiscal Supervisor of State Charities, the State Board of Charities, the Sites, Buildings and Grounds Commission, the Building Improvement Commission, and the Salary Classification Commission investigation correspondence, transcripts, and printed materials
Series Number
- A0017
Summary
- This series contains Charles H. Strong's records of his investigation of the State Board of Charities and children's institutions. Strong was to investigate charges made by John A. Kingsbury, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Public Charities, in his annual report to Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, that poor conditions were allowed to persist in many private child care institutions because of the negligent supervision and inspection practices of the State Board of Charities.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioner to Examine and Investigate the Management and Affairs of the Office of the Fiscal Supervisor of State Charities, the State Board of Charities, the Sites, Buildings and Grounds Commission, the Building Improvement Commission,
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.
- Transcripts of wiretap (eavesdropping) surveillance: Restricted; confidential; Criminal Procedure Law, Section 700.65.
Title
- New York State Assembly Committee on Legislative Oversight and Investigation annual report
Series Number
- A0765
Summary
- This series consists of the original typed "Year End Report" of the committee, along with photocopied reports, memoranda, and press releases which summarize the committee's activities and accomplishments in specific areas of investigation. Subjects include the New York City Jury Telephone Call-In System; publicly funded day care in New York City; sanitation enforcement needs; crime in housing projects; legislation to improve emergency medical services in New York City; child health care in Brooklyn; state prison capacity; structural problems of buses; and crime and arson in New York City.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Legislative Oversight and Investigation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, Historic Preservation Schermerhorn Row Block documentation project files
Series Number
- 15377
Summary
- Records in this series include a master plan for documenting the Schermerhorn Row Block; a preliminary historic structures report; an archeological field report; architectural elevations and plans; copies of tax assessment lists; color slides; master architectural documentation notebooks; exterior field notebooks; interior field notebooks; artifact accession notebooks; and a color slide catalogue.
Creator
- New York (State). Committee on Geographic Names
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Division of the Budget general subject files
Series Number
- 16520
Summary
- The series includes memoranda, correspondence, reports, surveys, studies, and issue papers received or produced by Division of the Budget executive offices and examination units. The files document the Division's oversight of agency programs, policies, and expenditures. Significant issues documented include local government programs and aid, closing of medical care facilities, affirmative action, civil service reform, worker's compensation, cost controls, constitutional reform, racing and wagering, radioactive waste siting, and paperwork reduction.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of the Budget
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Investigation files
Series Number
- L0141
Summary
- These records were produced or gathered during a two-year investigation of the Public Service Commission. Most records relate to the "Thompson Commission's" regulation of transportation companies rather than utility companies. The majority pertain to issues involved in constructing the New York City rapid transit system including its design, financing, letting contracts, supervising building, and auditing companies involved in projects. Other records focus on methods of issuing stock and providing security for shareholders in financing large-scale public projects.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee Appointed to Investigate the Public Service Commissions
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- Writs of error
Series Number
- JN549
Summary
- This collection contains writs of error filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City. The writ required the judge of a trial court to return a transcript of a judgment and related proceedings to the Supreme Court for review and determination. The writ alleges that "manifest error" occurred during pleading or trial. About two-thirds of this series consists of writs of error unaccompanied by transcripts, while the remainder of the series includes both the writ and the transcript of the judgment and proceedings in the trial court.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Polemic literature concerning unionism in the Works Progress Administration in New York City
Series Number
- A4175
Summary
- This series consists of handbills, newsletters, and a few memorandums or bulletins related to unionizing activities in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of New York City. Most of these publications were distributed by organizations on the political left and relate to WPA cultural projects.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Court of Chancery indices to notices of suits in Equity Court
Series Number
- J0163
Summary
- These volumes index notices of pending actions (suits) in Equity Court that were filed in the office of the clerk of the city and county of New York from December 1823 to December 1855. Each index entry includes name of defendant(s), name of complainant(s), and date of notice. While individual volumes index notices by defendant last name, entries within a given letter of the alphabet are arranged chronologically.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Manhattan Psychiatric Center admission, discharge, and death registers
Series Number
- B2404
Summary
- This series consists of scattered documentation of patient admissions, discharges, and deaths. The registers cover several facility branches, wards, and asylums. Exact coverage is sometimes uncertain.
Creator
- Manhattan Psychiatric Center
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Assistant Register's docket of Chancery and Vice-Chancery decrees
Series Number
- JN304
Summary
- Volumes index those decrees in the Court of Chancery and the Chancery Circuits throughout the state that were docketed in the office of the Assistant Register in New York City, if the decree required a money payment by the losing party.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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
- Senator Thomas K. Duane archived website
Series Number
- B2217
Summary
- This series consists of an archival copy of the official website of Senator Thomas K. Duane.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1999-2012 : Thomas K. Duane)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Office of Model Cities Program Services program files
Series Number
- 14193
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, instructional guides, field reports narratives of projects within each city and action plans concerning the Department's provision of services to model cities: Binghamton; Buffalo; Cohoes; Mount Vernon; New York City - Central Brooklyn, Harlem-East Harlem, and South Bronx; Poughkeepsie; Rochester; and Syracuse. Projects documented in this series deal with educational issues such as desegregation, occupational education, multicultural education, and continuing education.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Model Cities Program Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Recorder's Court (New York) assignments and discharges of insolvent debtors
Series Number
- JN503
Summary
- An insolvent debtor could with consent of creditors assign his property to an assignee (trustee), who sold it to pay the creditors. The assignment consists of two parts: first, a summary of the insolvent debtor's petition for relief, the notice to creditors of the pending assignment, and the judge's direction that an assignment be made; second, the debtor's assignment of his real and personal property to an assignee. Accompanying the assignment is the judge's order discharging the debtor from debts contracted prior to the date of the assignment.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- Use of fragile microfilm may be restricted.