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Title

Budget request files

Series Number

B2759

Summary

This series contains files detailing financial and narrative information conveyed to the Division of the Budget for the purpose of documenting projected service plans, income sources, expenses, and financial needs for activities carried out by the agency. Information provides details as to the sources of funds; statistical data; appropriations from various state, federal, and private sources; requests for changes; fund types; consulting service contract expenses; and other financial and accounting information.

Creator

• New York (State). Office for the Aging

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Title

Expense copybooks

Series Number

A3359

Summary

This series consists of binders containing letterpress copies of lists of payments apparently made or received by the governor's office from 1917-1923. Entries generally provide date; name of person, company, or state agency; amount; and purpose of payment. The volumes also contain lists of amounts of interest earned on Canal Fund moneys in banks throughout the state. Each entry on these lists provides name of bank, location (New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, etc.), and amount of interest earned.

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Title

Local government files

Series Number

16525

Summary

These records were generated or received by Division of the Budget executive offices and examination units to document their monitoring and review of agency operations concerning local aid fund expenditure. The series contains correspondence, memos, reports, press releases and other records concerning state assistance to local governments, including local aid to cities, urban clean-up programs, federal revenue sharing and other subjects.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget

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

Title

Entry documentation for state agency expenses

Series Number

A0824

Summary

This series contains accounts, vouchers, receipts, bills, financial statements and other records of state agencies and officials relating to their expenses.. Included are: expenses during and debt after the Revolutionary War ca. 1780-1800; claims against the State by widows of loyalists whose estates were confiscated by legislative act, and petitions by purchasers of forfeited estates to extinguish claims against the estates.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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

Title

United States government files

Series Number

16526

Summary

The series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other records produced by offices and units of the Division of the Budget concerned with various aspects of federally sponsored programs. Records also cover federal issues such as regulatory reform; transportation; taxes; legislation; grants-in-aid; revenue sharing and plans produced by White House conferences.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget

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Title

Appropriation requests submitted by state departments to the Division of the Budget

Series Number

L0150

Summary

This series consists of the Ways and Means Committee's copies of appropriation requests submitted to the Division of Budget by 12 state agencies. Records detail agency appropriation requests and expenditures. Requests are divided into personnel services, maintenance, and operation. Information includes position title, name of the person in the position, salary, additional staff requests, and a summary of personnel appropriations for the previous two years including travel expenses, office equipment, supplies, printing and communication, buildings and utilities.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Ways and Means

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

Title

Management review and labor relations unit files

Series Number

16567

Summary

These records document the Division's role in the development of state labor management policy and subsequent labor-management relations in the period prior to the establishment of the Governor's Office of Employee Relations (GOER). Records may include correspondence, memorandums, reports, press releases, memorandums of understanding, and other administrative records. Topics addressed include equal opportunity, fringe benefits, strikes, labor union negotiations, impacts of layoffs, and performance evaluations.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget. General Government Operations Unit

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

Title

State Architect ledger of office expenses and state facility accounts

Series Number

B0274

Summary

This series consists of a record of office expenses and expenses for state facilities. Information includes account; position (e.g., stenographer); facility or other type of expense; date; to whom or for what paid; amount spent for office expenses; individual employees' salaries; traveling expenses; and state facilities.

Creator

• New York (State). State Architect

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

Title

Budget request files

Series Number

14273

Summary

The series consists of copies of appropriations requests made by various state agencies, including requests for capital construction. Also included are Division of the Budget examination unit files that analyze and make recommendations about these requests. These records include extensive background material, supplemental agreements, technical reports, budget bulletins, fact sheets, briefing books, policy issue reports and recommendations, summaries, press releases, lease agreements, financial planning material, budget recommendations, and projections.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget

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

Title

New York State Comptroller's outgoing correspondence files

Series Number

18262

Summary

This series consists of copies of outgoing correspondence created by the offices of State Comptrollers H. Carl McCall and Edward Regan. Correspondence is addressed to state agencies, private businesses, federal and local government agencies, constituent organizations, and other public and private organizations and individuals.

Creator

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

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Title

Approvals of requests for expenditures for acquisition and improvements of land by the Conservation Department, Division of Parks

Series Number

L0157

Summary

This series consists of copies of approvals and related documentation allowing the Conservation Department's Division of Parks to acquire new land or make improvements on existing park land. Records pertaining to specific parks are bound together. These include a copy of the approval, description of the project, estimates of costs, and blueprints of improvements.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Ways and Means

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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

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Title

Assembly Clerk list of legislative appropriations

Series Number

L0062

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Clerk of the Assembly

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Title

Register of apportionment of monies for schools, academies, hospitals, and orphan asylums

Series Number

A1203

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office contains registers of accounts of school monies distributed to counties from the Common School Fund; distributed to academies from the Literature and the U. S. Deposit Fund; distributed to academies for the purchase of books, maps, globes, and scientific apparatus, and for education of common school teachers, of monies distributed to orphan asylums and to hospitals.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Budget Request Files

Series Number

B2542

Summary

This series consists of the Canal Corporation's final budget requests submitted to the State Division of the Budget. Communications between the corporation, the Division of the Budget, and the State Legislature regarding budget negotiations and subsequent review of budget requests are also included.

Creator

• New York State Canal Corporation

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Title

Summaries of requests for allocations to design state and municipal public works projects

Series Number

L0161

Summary

The series contains information on several hundred projects for which the Commission allocated funds for design work. Municipal projects usually consisted of constructing schools, libraries, sewage systems and treatment plants, streets, etc. Projects for State government typically involved construction projects at colleges, institutions, and in parks and other recreation sites The summaries provide title, location, estimated construction and design costs, recommended design allocation from the Commission, and a one paragraph project description.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

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Title

Budget request files

Series Number

B2038

Summary

This series consists of the Department of Law's final budgets submitted to the State Division of the Budget (DOB). Series also includes supporting materials documenting communication between the department, DOB, and the State Legislature regarding budget negotiations and subsequent review of submitted budget requests.

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Title

Division of the Budget Executive Offices Director's subject and correspondence files

Series Number

16568

Summary

The series consists of administrative subject and correspondence files of Directors and Deputy Directors of the Division of the Budget. Also included are correspondence, day books, speeches, and publications. These records document the Division's policies, management, and operations; its working relationship with Executive Department officials and the Legislature; and its involvement in state fiscal and budgetary policy development.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget. Executive Offices

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Title

Partial calendar of "Assembly Papers"

Series Number

A1828

Summary

This series consists of a calendar covering Volumes 5 and 6 and pages 1-90 of Volume 8 of the "Assembly Papers." Entries include date of document; addressee; names of petitioners or other persons involved; summary, sometimes very detailed, of document; number of pages; and volume and page number(s) in the original "Assembly Papers." Documents calendared concern land titles and grants; expenditures; payment of debts or other compensation owed by state; construction of fortifications at New York City; and organization of the military.

Creator

• New York State Library. Manuscripts and History Section

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Title

Governor account book

Series Number

A3356

Summary

This volume records payments made from various accounts of the governor's office. The bulk of the volume lists payments from the following funds or accounts: contingent fund; Executive Mansion fund; postage and express accounts; apprehension of fugitives; executive clemency; publishing account; Theodore Roosevelt, Albany; notarial and clerks' expenses; account for printing state papers; and salaries.

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