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Displaying 96 Finding Aids
Title
- National Governors' Conference and related federal issues policy development files
Series Number
- B1219
Summary
- The materials in this series were compiled to prepare Governors Nelson A. Rockefeller and Malcolm Wilson and their respective staffs for the National Governors' Conference meetings in 1973 and 1974; and Governor W. Averell Harriman and his staff for meetings held between 1956 and 1958.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor. Deputy Secretary to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Bill files
Series Number
- L0186
Summary
- This series consists of meeting and bill files of the Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation. The meeting files include clerk's reports; voting sheets; a final report summarizing action taken on all bills referred to the committee in 1989; and log and status sheets giving bill number, sponsor, subject, committee action, senate bill number and sponsor, and notes. Bill files typically include the bill; memorandum in support of legislation; committee bill and other legislative memoranda; and correspondence offering an opinion.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Environmental Conservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Senator Manfred Ohrenstein legislative bill and memoranda files
Series Number
- L0151
Summary
- This series consists of complete bill files prepared by Senate Minority Leader Ohrenstein's office during legislative sessions. These bill files were used to develop and support party positions on proposed legislation, manage floor activity, and document the current session's legislative activity and progress. Files include copies of bills, sponsor memorandums, supporting and opposing arguments, and final vote tally sheets for bills introduced in the Senate each year.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1961-1994 : Manfred Ohrenstein)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Committee files
Series Number
- L0224
Summary
- These subject files mainly relate to Senator Donovan's chairmanship of the Senate Education Committee. Records include correspondence, legislative bills, press releases, notes, agendas, reports, and press clippings. Subjects include licensing and education of acupuncturists; promotion of workforce education programs for welfare recipients; school boards; services to youth; financial assistance to school districts; school construction and repair; New York City school governance (Marchi Commission); and the passing of Senator Donovan in 1990.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Environmental Conservation budget files
Series Number
- L0218
Summary
- This series documents the budgeting process of the Department of Environmental Conservation when Assemblyman Hinchey was Chair of the Standing Committee of Environmental Conservation. Records includes budget hearings held by the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee; assembly records of proceedings; copies of budget bills; handwritten notes; material relative to the Environmental Regulatory Fund; projected costs of programs; statistical tabulations; expected revenues; correspondence; memoranda; and other material relative to the budgeting process.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1992 : Maurice D. Hinchey)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary bottle bill files
Series Number
- L0178
Summary
- Records in this series relate to the passage and implementation of the mandatory bottle deposit bill. These records collected by bill sponsor, Oliver G. Koppell, consist of reports from interested parties analyzing the bill and its effects before and after its passage, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on the Judiciary
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Taxation and Finance Counsel's Office legislative program bill files
Series Number
- 19614
Summary
- The series consists of draft and printed bills; sponsor's memoranda; internal memos relating to the intent and impact of proposed legislation; and related correspondence. As such, it complements series 12590, Governor's Bill and Veto Jackets, with respect to the development and evolution of tax law. Beginning in the early 1960s, folders also exist for department legislative proposals.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Counsel's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Commission on State-Local Fiscal Relations subject and meeting files
Series Number
- B0305
Summary
- This series consists of commission agendas, meeting schedules, legislative bills, correspondence, memorandums, financial reports and studies, projections, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, and miscellaneous printed material accumulated and generated by the Temporary State Commission on State-Local Fiscal Relations. Topics documented include federal aid, education aid, welfare aid, highway aid, public health aid, water resources, per capita aid, State Aid impact analyses, local revenue resources, fiscal needs, fiscal projections, and school district financial analyses.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on State-Local Fiscal Relations
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission on Revision of the Civil Service working files
Series Number
- 14086
Summary
- This series provides detailed information on the Commission's work, the operation of the civil service law and system in New York and also serves as a source of background data on civil service law reform. Records include memoranda; recommendations by government officials; research studies on topics such as appeals procedures, provisional employment, and civil service law in other states; speeches; publications; Commission annual reports and meeting minutes; hearing transcripts; proposed legislation; and correspondence with State officials.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Revision of the Civil Service Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Counsel to the Governor Departments and Divisions subject files
Series Number
- B2338
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the departments and divisions of New York State government. The counsel's responsibilities included making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting as a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature; and advising the Governor on policy and program matters. Much of this material relates to policy matters or to legal, legislative, jurisdictional, or administrative aspects of the departments and divisions.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- Records are available for inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Law, unless that law exempts particular records from disclosure.
Title
- Department of Environmental Conservation departmental legislative proposals
Series Number
- 16867
Summary
- This series consists of records pertaining to formulation of departmental legislation. Record types include legislative proposals; legislative initiation forms; bills; documents tracking progress of bills; sponsor memorandums; comments from other agencies; position statements; and correspondence.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Legislative and Federal Liaison Office. Office of General Counsel
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence files
Series Number
- A4234
Summary
- The series consists of correspondence files, maintained by Assistant Secretary Frederic E. Foster, relating to general information and functions of the State Defense Council. The bulk of the records consist of of correspondence with civilian relief organizations, patriotic societies, emergency industrial organizations, advocacy groups, other state councils, and state and national government officials. Also included are circulars, pamphlets, and bulletins; and wartime messages and proclamations by Governor Charles S. Whitman and President Woodrow Wilson.
Creator
- New York State Defense Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Assemblyman Andrew D. Virgilio subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- L0228
Summary
- This series consists of subject and correspondence files of State Assemblyman Andrew D. Virgilio, who served on the Assembly Committees on Aging, Education, Higher Education, Governmental Operations, and Local Government. He was also chairman of the Assembly Task Force on the Handicapped. The bulk of the series consists of correspondence from constituents and copies of the Assemblyman's replies. Some subject files and bill files are also present.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1980 : Andrew D. Virgilio)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Moreland Act Commission on the Returnable Container Act correspondence and research files
Series Number
- 19683
Summary
- The commission was charged with investigating and determining how well the Returnable Container Act was working; the adequacy of state enforcement; the costs of compliance; whether unclaimed deposits should be retained by industries or paid to the state; and recommendations for improvement. This series contains correspondence from interest groups as well as state and local agencies; research files; material from legislative assembly hearings; returnable container legislation from other states; press releases and clippings; and material documenting commission hearings.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Act Commission on the Returnable Container Act
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.
Title
- New York State Legislative Commission on Science and Technology correspondence, subject files, and draft legislation relating to maintenance of the state's infrastructure
Series Number
- L0110
Summary
- The Legislative Commission on Science and Technology drafted legislation to finance and carry out a comprehensive program of regular maintenance and repair of the state's roads, bridges and other public works. These files provide information on Commission strategies to get legislation passed and on how to finance and schedule a comprehensive infrastructure maintenance program. Records include correspondence, memorandums, notes, draft legislation, clippings, articles, public hearing testimony, speeches, press releases, and information on programs in other states.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Commission on Science and Technology
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Assembly Standing Committee on Tourism, the Arts, and Sports Development bill files
Series Number
- L0238
Summary
- These bill files, which contain draft legislation, research notes, newspaper clippings, and other documents relating to proposed legislation, also include a transcript of a public hearing related to the resale of tickets to entertainment events.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Senator James H. Donovan hearing files
Series Number
- L0013
Summary
- The series contains testimony given at public hearings conducted by Senator James H. Donovan as chairman of the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Mental and Physical Handicap. In addition to testimonies and hearing transcripts, the series also contains reports, correspondence, memorandums, pertinent printed materials, and copies of legislation. Topics addressed include mental health deinstitutionalization, children with handicaps, licensing of New York City teachers, education technology, and services to children at risk.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Administrative and correspondence files
Series Number
- A4242
Summary
- This series consists of copies of legislation, organizational charts, requisitions, memoranda, informational circulars, reports, bulletins, minutes, and some correspondence relating to the organization and administration of the New York State Defense Council's war work. Consistent with the council's purpose to coordinate the military, industrial, agricultural, and commercial resources of the stateT, the series reflects cooperation with other state agencies (especially the Departments of Health, Agriculture, Education and the Food Supply Commission), the Council of National Defense, and the network of state home defense committees. Also Included are files of the council's Divisions of Films, Information, and Women as well as material related to committee work on highway transportation, provision of legal service, and the Liberty Loan campaign.
Creator
- New York State Defense Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Assembly Program and Counsel Staff Assembly bill files
Series Number
- L0007
Summary
- This series contains approximately 3,000 bill files from numerous Assembly standing committees including Aging, Children and Families, Economic Development, Education, Environmental Conservation, Health, Social Services, and Tourism. Files may include a copy of the bill, committee bill memorandum and/or memorandum in support of legislation, background material such as reports, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Program and Counsel Staff
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Meeting and correspondence files
Series Number
- B0920
Summary
- The Business Advisory Council advised the Commerce Department and the Governor on industrial development and issues of special concern to business. This series consists of meeting agenda; minutes; attendance lists; correspondence; memoranda; reports; legislative bills; and clippings. Subjects include general business climate; economic development; workman's compensation; unemployment insurance; business taxes and nuclear energy. Also included are documents relating to the New York Business Development Corporation which provide loans for capital investment.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Commerce. Business Advisory Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.