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Title

Division of the Budget Yonkers Emergency Financial Control Board meeting files

Series Number

20171

Summary

The Yonkers Emergency Financial Control Board was established in 1984 to deal with a financial emergency in Yonkers resulting from "inadequate management of the city's financial affairs, increased service demands of the population and shortfalls in receipts and anticipated revenues." The Board created these records through regular meetings held to review city finances and to approve or disapprove proposed city expenditures in the form of contracts, bonds, borrowings, or collective bargaining agreements.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget. Yonkers Emergency Financial Control Board

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

Title

Subject files

Series Number

A2050

Summary

This series consists mainly of routine administrative records relating to the supervisory functions of the Associate and Acting Assistant Commissioner for Vocational and Extension Education. Records include incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, meeting minutes, photographs, and copies of publications. Subjects include vocational rehabilitation; trade and correspondence schools; industrial, agricultural, distributive, and adult education; public service training; home economics; library extension; and the New York State Merchant Marine Academy.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Associate Commissioner and Acting Assistant Commissioner for Vocational and Extension Education

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

Title

Newsletter photograph printer negatives

Series Number

A4347

Summary

This series contains over thirty-six printer's offset plate negatives set on woodblocks. The negatives were used in the publication of the Official Bulletin and Defense Digest, both published to keep volunteers and administrators informed of War Council activities. The reversed halftone images depict state and local war council members or members of the public involved in war work. Also found in this series are approximately 40 Civil Defense ribbons.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Division of Public Relations

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

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Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner's outgoing correspondence

Series Number

19096

Summary

This series contains the outgoing correspondence of Marguerite T. Saunders, who served as served as Commissioner of the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) from 1992-1994, and as Executive Deputy Director (1984-1988) and Director (1988-1992) of the Office of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse. The series supplements Series 19095 Commissioner's Subject and Correspondence Files of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Commissioner

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

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Advisory correspondence with local salvage committees

Series Number

A4353

Summary

This series reveals the activities of the city and county salvage committees and their coordination of local salvage efforts, particularly those concerning periodic waste paper and tin collection drives. Salvage Division correspondence includes letters of program descriptions, letters of support and congratulations, letters requesting assistance, letters concerning the resolution of problems, and letters regarding promotional materials and awards to children for outstanding service. Field representatives' reports; newspaper clippings; and some reports of tin salvage figures are also included.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Salvage Division

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

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Videotapes on solid waste management

Series Number

L0102

Summary

This 52-minute video documentary, "The Mountain in the City," focuses on the problems of solid waste management in the state and the efforts of individuals, groups, and State and local government to solve these problems. Topics include resource recovery, materials recycling, and the environmental impact of waste and disposal. The documentary is narrated by actor James Whitmore with music by Pete Seeger and others.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Commission on Solid Waste Management

Access Restrictions

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

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Division of Child Support Enforcement archived websites

Series Number

B2187

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Division of Child Support Enforcement, which is part of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Child Support Enforcement

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

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Education Department Commissioner's Committee on Inquiry into Charges of Waste and Extravagance in the Construction of School Buildings in New York City correspondence and subject files

Series Number

A2044

Summary

This series provides information on the Education Department inquiry into the planning, design, and construction of schools in New York City during the 1950s. Included are correspondence, published and unpublished reports, press releases, news clippings, memorandums, meeting minutes, notes, charts, statistical tables, and blueprints of school plans and construction details compiled by the committee in its investigation.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Charities

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

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Geologic maps and drawings

Series Number

B0948

Summary

This series consists of working, proof, and published copies of geologic maps and drawings prepared by the Geological Survey staff in the State Museum to accompany scientific articles or monographs. Most maps depict surface geological features in color on standard printed topographic base maps and range from single U.S. Geological Survey quadrangles to the entire state. They usually include title, date, bulletin number, plate number, and preparer.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

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

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State Paleontologist's research and publication files

Series Number

B1511

Summary

This series consists primarily of research material and articles written by the New York State Paleontologist for publications, such as "The Conservationist," and journals of professional scholarship. Topics include taxonomy, classification, and description of fauna and flora fossils; descriptions of strata; geology of specific localities throughout New York State; tectonics and geological nomenclature. Also included are articles written by other authors; correspondence, hand drawn maps; field notes; photographs; drawings; diagrams; galleys; and reprints of published articles.

Creator

• New York State Geological Survey

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

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Governor's Love Canal Inter-Agency Task Force Chairman's files

Series Number

13430

Summary

This series consists of files generated by commissioner William C. Hennessy, while serving as chairman of an emergency multi-agency task force on the Love Canal disaster. Files also contain records sent to Hennessey's office in Albany from the DOT regional office in Buffalo. That office managed department policies in Region 5 (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara counties). Records include copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, toxicity maps, affidavits and exhibits, meeting minutes, contract documents and specifications, and subject files.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor's Love Canal Inter-Agency Task Force

Title

Summaries of uniform crime reports

Series Number

16548

Summary

These records were created by the Office of Justice Systems Analysis for reporting crimes committed in New York. Part I of each report contains data on seven serious crimes (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft). Data from Part I is furnished to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system for inclusion in their national Crime Index. In accordance with FBI guidelines, Part II contains data on twenty-one lesser felonies and misdemeanors.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Justice Systems Analysis

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

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New York State Attorney General correspondence

Series Number

18565

Summary

This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence between the State Attorney General's Office and other state agencies, private businesses, federal and local government agencies, various constituent organizations, and other public and private individuals. Records typically consist of expressions of support/opposition to a particular position or piece of legislation; designations of staff duties; commendations to staff; constituent comments and complaints; personal greetings; condolence letters; and acknowledgements of invitations, appointments and resignations, or resumes received.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law

Access Restrictions

18565-07, 18565-07A, 18565-10: 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.

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Register of bond securities

Series Number

B2018

Summary

The information in these registers record bonds issued by the state comptroller to villages, towns, cities, and counties in trust for various funds for debt payment. Information includes name of fund, municipality, date and amounts, rates of interest, amount of principal and interest paid by date, and sometimes remarks. The records were generated pursuant to Laws of 1895, Chapter 394; Laws of 1903, Chapter 147; Laws of 1909, Chapter 21; and the Consolidated Act of 1822.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

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

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Empire State Plaza (South Mall) construction progress photographs

Series Number

15727

Summary

This series consists of slides, negatives, and photographic prints documenting construction of the Empire State Plaza (South Mall) in Albany, New York. The images depict construction from overall aerial shots of the site and surrounding vicinity to closeups of construction details; progress on concrete structures; work on office buildings; as well as non-typical events such as accident sites, repairs, a discovery during excavation of human remains, and a visit to the construction site by Governor Nelson Rockefeller.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services

Access Restrictions

Records relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").

Title

Miscellaneous accounts journal

Series Number

B1277

Summary

This series consists of a receipts and disbursements journal. Accounts relate to receipts and disbursements for women and men state industries, compensation, convict earnings, special funds, capital and regular maintenance and repairs. There are daily amounts and monthly totals.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

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

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Proof of publication of list of wild, vacant and forest lands owned by the state

Series Number

B1263

Summary

This series contains information about vacant land owned by the State of New York in Clinton County. The records were compiled pursuant to Chapter 711 of the Laws of 1893, which allowed the Comptroller to advertise a list of the wild, vacant, and forest lands for which the State held title. The Comptroller's notice as to ownership lists towns, lot numbers, a brief description of the land, and the number of acres.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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

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Department of Law Executive Office subject files

Series Number

18571

Summary

These records, from a variety of senior staff members, reflect the interests and activities of the Attorney General's Office. Included are files related to audits, litigation, opinions, engagements, and interests of the office on such topics are housing discrimination, civil rights, Indian land claims, sex discrimination, child abuse, banking, crime, and business.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law. Executive Office

Access Restrictions

18571-02: Access to furlough applications restricted to protect personal privacy.

18571-07, 18571-09, 18571-10, 18571-10A, 18571-10B, 18571-11, 18571-11A, 18571-12, 18571-12A, 18571-12C, 18571-13, 18571-13A: 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.

Usage Restrictions

18571-12C: Records in this accretion may be protected by U.S. Copyright. Consult with archivist to obtain more information.

Title

Meeting minutes and working files

Series Number

B1505

Summary

This series contains records created by the State Advisory Council on Employment and Unemployment Insurance. Records include minutes of council meetings; legislative bill files dealing with unemployment insurance issues; press releases; correspondence with agency commissioners and governors; minutes of the Employment Service State Advisory Council; Court of Appeals decisions; audits of unemployment insurance funds; and Council reports.

Creator

• New York State Advisory Council on Placement and Unemployment Insurance

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

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Greenburgh town and village records

Series Number

A4596

Summary

Microfilmed records include town clerk's record and minute books, planning board minutes, and zoning board of appeals minutes. Also included are tax assessment rolls for the Town of Greenburgh which contain real property, special franchise, and school tax district information for the villages of Ardsley, Dobs Ferry, Elmsford, Hastings-on Hudson, and Irvington.

Creator

• Greenburgh (N.Y. : Town)

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