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Title

Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers transcripts of hearings

Series Number

A3106

Summary

The series consists of typescript copies, with infrequent annotations, of testimony given to the commission and its subcommittees on the question of relief for widowed mothers caring for dependent children. The commission, as authorized by Chapter 588 of the Laws of 1913, called representatives of many charitable organizations to confer with commission members on the objectives, policies, and work of their respective organizations in providing such relief.

Creator

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

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Title

Power Authority contract records

Series Number

B2340

Summary

This series consists of copies of proposed and accepted contracts and other records, generated by the Counsel to Governor W. Averell Harriman, documenting the sale of St. Lawrence power by the New York State Power Authority. The Counsel to the Governor was responsible for clearing all contracts, as to content and form, which required the Governor's signature. Approximately half of the records in the series relate to contracts with the Reynolds Metals Company and the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.

Creator

• New York (State). Counsel to the Governor

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Title

Judiciary subject files

Series Number

B2335

Summary

This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to New York State courts. The Counsel's responsibilities advising the Governor on policy and program matters and making recommendations on proposed legislationand on all appointments to the judiciary. Records relate to the New York State Courts and the Temporary State Commission on the Courts, and focus on court organization and appointments, salaries and workloads of judges.

Creator

• New York (State). Counsel to the Governor

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

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Department of Environmental Conservation Central Planning Office State environmental plan files

Series Number

20138

Summary

The series consists of the files of F.W. Howell, head of the Central Planning Office of the Department of Environmental Conservation. Included are draft versions of the state environmental plan; correspondence regarding the plan's development and potential effects; comments received from interested parties on the draft plan; records of public hearings on the proposed plan, including ten (7-inch) reel-to-reel tapes of various hearings; news clippings concerning the proposed plan; and related records.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Central Planning Office

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Executive Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice research, hearing, and study files

Series Number

13763

Summary

The Executive Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice (Liman Commission) investigated prison overcrowding, jury selection reform, sentencing, parole and probation laws and procedures, and criminal justice information management. This series includes memos, correspondence, hearings, commission reports, and research, background, and study files.

Creator

• New York (State). Executive Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice

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Title

Part 378 regulations development files

Series Number

20829

Summary

The Pollution Prevention Unit is a non-regulatory unit of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) that works with other DEC units, the private sector, and State agencies and local governments to encourage pollution prevention, primarily related to air, water, solid waste, and hazardous waste. This series consists of Advisory Group minutes and comments, supporting documents for regulation development, hearing records, draft responsiveness summary, and rulemaking documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Pollution Prevention Unit

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

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Transcripts of minutes and public hearings of public authorities

Series Number

A0706

Summary

This series contains minutes of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Atomic and Space Development Authority. Also included are transcripts of hearings of the Power Authority of New York State and some printed proposed contracts between the Power Authority and potential customers. The governor's office maintained these files to monitor activities of public authorities and to exercise the governor's power to approve or veto decisions made at meetings of public authorities.

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Senate Mental Hygiene Committee records

Series Number

L0246

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, requests, hearings, reports, and proposed bills compiled by the Senate Committee on Mental Hygiene when Senator Manfred Ohrenstein was chairman. The records cover such topics as the organization and operation of committee proposals; hearings and investigations; narcotics; mental hygiene facilities; and legislative bills relating to mental hygiene.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Mental Hygiene

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