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Title

Comptroller's Office outgoing correspondence

Series Number

A1075

Summary

This series contains outgoing correspondence from the Comptroller's Office to county treasurers, individuals, law firms and state agencies. Subjects include taxation or payments for services and requests for clarification on reports. Some volumes are missing.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers and correspondence relating to highway maintenance and repair

Series Number

A1061

Summary

This series consists of three registers, and correspondence from the Office of the Comptroller relating to the maintenance and repair of highways. The first register contains entries for monies expended by the State Engineer for the improvement and repair of public highways. The second and third registers are concerned with taxes levied for the maintenance and repair of highways. There is also one folder of incoming correspondence of the State Comptroller relating to the maintenance and repair of highways.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of children of widows committed to institutions by children's court justices in New York and Bronx counties

Series Number

A3110

Summary

The series lists information on cases of children of widows in New York and Bronx counties who were committed to institutions by children's court justices. The extracts include information on children, mostly teenagers, who were committed for theft, assault, truancy, immorality, parental neglect, or other reasons. Column headings for information includes case number; sex; age; color; religion; nationality of parent; nationality of child; offense for which committed; source of facts/complaint; and reasons justifying complaint.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assistant to the Commissioner's project files

Series Number

A0419

Summary

This series from the Limited Profit Housing Company provides evidence of the State's efforts to address the post-World War II housing crunch and the records document all phases of the construction for over forty housing projects. Included are records on neighborhood reviews, site selection, appraisal and purchase, financing, contracts and amendments, audits, and progress reports. Also found is a contractors' bid application procedures manual; tenant applications; tenants complaint letters from rental schedules and maintenance requests and schedules.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Housing and Community Renewal. Limited Profit Housing Company

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Stony Creek tax assessment rolls and town board resolutions

Series Number

A4657

Creator

• Stony Creek (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Newspapers published by inmates

Series Number

A3138

Summary

These are issues of school newspapers written, edited, and printed by inmates.

Creator

• New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c (1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).

Title

Calendars and minutes of meetings of the State Council of Parks

Series Number

13915

Summary

This series contains the state historian's copies of calendars and minutes of meetings of the Council and its planning committee. The state historian received copies because the Council's authority included state historic sites. These calendars and minutes contain information on: budget proposals for state parks, planning for acquisition of park lands, proposed legislation concerning parks, and preparation of guides and maps to park lands. They also sometimes include lengthy accounts of discussions at Council meetings.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Letters, petitions, printed bills, and other documents submitted to the Governor concerning legislation

Series Number

A1049

Summary

The series from the Comptroller's Office consists of miscellaneous letters, petitions, printed bills, and documents submitted to the governor relating to proposed legislation. Most documents date from 1970-1974 and resemble the modern bill jacket. Similar records are found in Series A1069, Senate Bill Files.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor printed reports and studies

Series Number

B0294

Summary

Executive Chamber staff maintained this report file to track the status of current policies and issues. The file includes draft and final versions of the governor's annual messages to the legislature; reports and plans of state agencies, commissions, task forces, advisory boards, councils, and private businesses hired by the state; state budget records; and statistical reports. These reports cover numerous subjects, such as: health care; child welfare; domestic violence; substance abuse; crime; gambling; education; economic conditions; tourism; and pollution.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Commissioner David M. Steiner subject files

Series Number

W0109

Summary

The subject files of Commissioner David M. Steiner document the daily operations of the commissioner's office, including communications with the Board of Regents, major program areas of the Education Department, school boards, lawmakers, government agencies, and educational organizations. Major topics documented in the files include the Race to the Top; public school assessments; teacher and principal performance standards and assessment; charter schools; consortium schools; and bilingual education.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner David M. Steiner

Access Restrictions

This series may contain material to which access is restricted. Archives staff will review requested documents and disclose information pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).

Title

Restraint and seclusion reports

Series Number

B2483

Summary

These files consist of physicians' orders for individual patients to undergo protective restraint or seclusion, and of regular statistical reports detailing the use of the practice at Willard Psychiatric Center (known earlier as Willard State Hospital). The Department of Mental Hygiene and later the Office of Mental Health used these figures to provide each facility director with a monthly record showing where his or her institution stood with respect to the average for other institutions in the department.

Creator

• Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Adjutant General's Office resignations and various claims records

Series Number

A4125

Summary

This series consists of a small quantity of resignations, submitted by officers resigning their commissions, forwarded to the Adjutant General's Office. The resignation will normally provide the name of the individual resigning, rank, regiment, date, and reason for resignation. The remainder of the series consists of a varied collection of vouchers and receipts which pertain mainly to expenditures incurred by National Guard units after the Civil War.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Press releases

Series Number

B2497

Summary

This series consists of press releases issued by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets to the media and others to inform the public about agency events, activities, and accomplishments.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Investigations and court proceedings concerning theatrical financing

Series Number

20475

Summary

The attorney general has the authority to prosecute alleged violations of the "Theatrical Syndication Financing Act" in order to "safeguard theatrical investors as well as to maintain the well being of the legitimate theater." The series consists of related Department of Law-initiated investigative reports and supporting materials, copies of hearing testimony, applicable court proceeding records, correspondence, and other associated materials.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law. Investor Protection and Securities Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Holland Land Company deed books

Series Number

B0280

Summary

The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land during the late 1700s. This series consists of records of deeds held by persons who purchased land from the Company. Information includes deed number; to whom land deeded; date of deed; diagram of land deeded; boundary measurements; and acreage. Most volumes contain an alphabetical name index; these also give deed number, township, range, lot, and acreage.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Scrapbook relating to canal matters

Series Number

B1820

Summary

This series consists of documents relating to the construction and repair of the state's canal system. Included are proceedings of the Board of Canal Commissioners; correspondence between several offices and agencies responsible for canal administration; and a small amount of financial information regarding awards of the Board of Canal Appraisers, awards of the Canal Board, appropriations, and expenditures.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board town, village, and school district records

Series Number

A4643

Creator

• Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration Chief Accountant's administrative and investigation files

Series Number

10987

Summary

These files were maintained to track the Commission's finances and oversee its investigation of financial activities of individuals and corporations involved with workers' compensation cases. Records include job applications; letters; payroll information; daily activity rosters of state troopers and detectives; accountants' case assignment schedules; and travel, purchasing, and other financial records. A small amount of records relate to financial investigations of physicians and others involved in workers' compensation cases.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration

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.

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

Title

Public hearing files

Series Number

B1377

Summary

The Temporary State Commission on Workers' Compensation was established to study the workers' compensation insurance rate-setting process, including the role of the Compensation Insurance Rating Board, in both its ratemaking and regulatory aspects, and to suggest improvements to the system. This series includes announcements of public hearings, transcripts and copies of testimony given at public hearings, notices of sessions held, agendas for sessions, minutes of sessions, and the commission's final report.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Workers' Compensation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Staff research files on civil service reform

Series Number

13256

Summary

This series contains staff research files on civil service reform generated by the Commission on Management and Productivity in the Public Sector. The records consist of correspondence; public hearings; material on civil service in other states; reports done within and outside the department; reports on civil service done by the Commission under an IPA grant; Commission final reports; other materials used in completing the Commission reports; and proposed revisions to the Civil Service law.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Management and Productivity in the Public Sector

Access Restrictions

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