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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

Correspondence and subject files

Series Number

A0003

Summary

Chapter 958 of the Laws of 1939 created a temporary state commission to "study existing laws, both state and local, relating to finances of municipal subdivisions and organized public districts of the state and to codify, revise and make uniform state statutes relating thereto." This series consists of correspondence, reports, research materials, draft legislation, sponsor memoranda, indexes to bills, meeting minutes, press releases, and internal memoranda compiled by the commission in its work to create a consolidated local finance law.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary State Commission for the Revision and Codification of the Laws Relating to Municipal Finance

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Long Island duck promotion program files

Series Number

A4265

Summary

The Long Island Duck Farmers' Cooperative appealed to the Department of Agriculture and Markets for assistance in increasing consumption of ducklings. Series consists of correspondence with retailers, industry representatives, government, allied industry, extension service, farm bureau, service organizations, media, and others. Also included are recipes, food pictures, syndicated articles, radio and television scripts, press kits, and news clippings.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator James L. Seward archived websites

Series Number

B2258

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator James L. Seward.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1987-2020 : James L. Seward)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Resolutions

Series Number

A3085

Summary

This series contains resolutions issued by the War Council (and its predecessor, the Council of Defense) as part of its mandate to coordinate war time needs. The resolutions cover a range of topics including: appointments to council offices; work of special committees; budget requests to the legislature; allocation of funds to various programs; civil defense issues (including National Guard matters); and changes to and rescindment of resolutions.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

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

Monthly movement reports of children less than 17 years of age

Series Number

B1751

Summary

This series consists of monthly reports of children in Middletown State Hospital. The reports provide information on the total number of children; age of children; patients in residence at start and end of month; patients received (admissions, transfers, returns from convalescent care), and removed (discharges, deaths, transfers, placed in convalescent care); and children born in the hospital. Names of children are listed. Later forms include information on escapes; returns from escapes and patients reaching their 16th birthday. Records are restricted.

Creator

• Middletown State Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection Law.Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.

Title

Letter books

Series Number

B0329

Summary

This series is comprised of 16 volumes of letter books that contain copies of correspondence created by the office of the Assistant Superintendent of Public Works, located in Rochester. The correspondence in these letter books is routine and administrative in nature, relating to construction, maintenance, and repair of the Erie Canal and Barge Canal. The time period of letter books coincides with the construction of the Barge Canal and much of the correspondence deals with this topic.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. Assistant Superintendent's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Office of Mental Health Medical Records Office patient case files master negative microfilm

Series Number

19349

Summary

Series consists of microfilm of patient case files maintained by the State's mental health facilities. A typical file may contain admission/commitment papers, legal documents, psychiatric evaluations, patient case summaries, correspondence, medical notes/observations, and discharge related documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Health. Medical Records Office

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

Unidentified maps, plans, and drawings of New York State canals

Series Number

B1023

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Special franchise complaint and hearing files

Series Number

15215

Summary

This series consists of files documenting formal objections against and resulting administrative review of special franchise property tax assessments. Files include formal objection and protest documents, applications for assessment reductions, hearing notices, correspondence, tax assessment records, State Public Service Commission case materials, engineering reports, contracts, and state and federal court records and briefs.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Equalization and Assessment

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes of joint meetings of Superintendents of Asylums for the Insane

Series Number

B1745

Summary

This series documents the yearly meetings of the Joint Committee of Insane Asylum Superintendents. The minutes contain information pertaining to pending legislation, general administration, asylum policy, and patient treatment.

Creator

• Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

War information publications file

Series Number

A3091

Summary

This series consists of printed annual and special reports, handbooks, pamphlets, posters and training materials issued by state and federal agencies involved in the home front effort. The publications provide civilians with information on numerous war related issues, and deal with a wide range of social and economic issues relating to war efforts underway. Subjects included are: civil defense; commerce; discrimination in employment; economics; education; emergency training; health and nutrition; job recruitment; labor; nursing; physical education; rationing; and war training.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Fort Orange settlement administrative records

Series Number

A1876

Summary

This series contains legal and administrative records that document the Dutch settlement of Fort Orange, which eventually became Albany, New York. The records, in Dutch, include real estate transactions, such as conveyances of property from one individual to another, conditions of sale, conditions of auction, and surrenders of claims; acknowledgments of debt; inventories of estates; warrants; powers of attorney; and pledges of security.

Creator

• New Netherland. Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Boards of Cooperative Educational Services correspondence and administrative files

Series Number

B0473

Summary

Included are requests for approval or alteration of shared educational programs and transmittals of applications for shared services and contracts. Requests by district superintendents of schools for establishment of BOCES contain the following information about each school district in the superintendency: town; county; district type; enrollments in grades K-6 and 7-12; number of teachers and assessed and true valuation. Occasional copies of BOCES budgets, memoranda concerning department visits to BOCES, and contracts are also included.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Empire State Games raw results and participant rosters

Series Number

22491

Summary

Formerly a program of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Empire State Games are conducted as a series of annual Olympic-style competitions for amateur athletes from all over New York State. This series contains the results, raw results and participant rosters for the Summer and Winter competitions of the Empire State Games.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins archived website

Series Number

B2264

Summary

This series consists of an archival copy of the official website of Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (2007- : Andrea Stewart-Cousins)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Ballistics reports prepared after the retaking of Attica Correctional Facility

Series Number

B2502

Summary

This series contains photocopies of analyses of firearms and ammunition used during the retaking of Attica Correctional Facility, as well as forensics reports. These documents were presumably prepared by State Police personnel as part of the investigation following the retaking of the facility.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of State Police

Access Restrictions

This series is entirely restricted to protect personal privacy and "public interest privilege," and because records were created for confidential law enforcement purposes.

Title

Abstracts of property valuations made for State taxes

Series Number

B0315

Summary

This series consists of property value abstracts submitted by the commissioners of taxes in each county to the Comptroller. County abstracts gives for each town or ward values on houses; lands; animal stock; carriages; clocks; watches; slaves between 12 and 51 years old; river sloops and residue of personal estate. Also included is a general abstract of state tax levied in each county. Abstracts of town taxes levied may be included.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual reports on railroads by the State Engineer and Surveyor and the Board of Railroad Commissioners

Series Number

B0301

Summary

This series consists of annual reports generated by the State Engineer and Surveyor and the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Railroad Commissioners

Access Restrictions

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