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Title

Correspondence and subject files relating to real property assessment, equalization, and taxation

Series Number

15941

Summary

This series contains documents from the Dept. of Taxation office of agency counsel relating to real property tax exemptions; utility property tax exemptions; utility property assessments; appeals of local assessments; equalization rates (county and state); pending legislation on real property taxation and assessment; training and standards for local assessors; special investigations; special franchise hearings (ca. 1910-1941); and tax certiorari proceedings.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Law Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Division of Human Rights Case files (housing litigated)

Series Number

22135

Summary

This series documents the mandate of the Division to receive, investigate, and issue probable cause determinations on housing discrimination cases. Pursuant to section 297.9 of the Human Rights Law, the parties are entitled to an election to have a housing discrimination case commenced in New York State Supreme Court. The case files in this series document cases that have reached final disposition and conclusion.

Creator

• New York (State). State Division of Human Rights

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part. Disclosable documents include the initial complaint and the final determination. Other documents will be disclosed as permitted by the New York State Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6).

Title

Trustees' or visitors' record book

Series Number

B1746

Summary

This series documents visits and inspections by the Board of Trustees (after 1896 called Visitors) of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (previously known as the State Homeopathic Asylum for the Insane at Middletown). The entries are relatively brief and describe conditions at the hospital as well as visits with individual patients.

Creator

• Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Records identifying patients are 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

Office of Mental Health Bureau of Management Services formal communications records

Series Number

B2529

Summary

This series consists of communication records in the form of reports, policies and procedures, and guidelines for staff of the Office of Mental Health. These documents provide guidance on operating facilities, coordinating health care, maintaining accounts, and various reporting requirements.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Health

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Superintendent of Public Works construction permit files

Series Number

B1020

Summary

This series consists of thirteen construction permit files documenting requests by businesses and private individuals to build structures on state land adjacent to canals. Anticipated structures include freight elevators, boat houses, coal sheds, warehouses and storage facilities, and mills deploying water power. Files typically include original application and supporting maps or plans, inspectors reports and recommendations, and resolutions of the Canal Board favoring or opposing the granting of requested permit.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Bills of costs

Series Number

J1152

Summary

This fragmentary series contains bills of costs awarded to winning parties. Each bill contains a list of costs incurred by the plaintiff in the progress of civil action from the initial retaining fee and warrant of attorney to filing of the execution. Court rules specified the costs to be allowed in actions in Supreme Court. Costs taxed in each case were included in the final judgment award.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Health adjudication case files

Series Number

17373

Summary

The files in this series document administrative proceedings that Department of Health program units or the Bureau of Administrative Hearings are not able to settle without a hearing. Cases involve sanitary code conditions, Medicaid, professional medical conduct, nursing home discharges/transfers, emergency medical services, WIC benefits, and patient abuse. Files include hearing transcripts, motions, intermediate rulings, proposed findings and exceptions, and orders rendered. Series also contains index files that include summary of proceedings, findings of fact, and transcripts for every case that is heard by the judges.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Adjudication

Access Restrictions

Case files of investigations of professional medical conduct: charge must be disclosed if a committee of the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct concurred that a hearing was warranted and the committee voted unanimously to make the charge public; the subsequent findings, conclusions, determinations and final order must be disclosed. See Public Health Law section 230.10(a)(iv) and 230.10(d). Related investigation files are confidential and are not disclosable. See Public Health Law section 230.10(a)(v). Other materials in the files that are exempt from disclosure include privileged attorney-client communications and attorney work product or material prepared for litigation, under Civil Practice Law and Rules section 3101(b) and (c); and inter- or intra-agency materials with certain exceptions, under FOIL sect. 87.2(g).

All case files: disclosable under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL, Public Officers Law Art. 6), except for materials that are exempt from disclosure by FOIL section 87.2(a) ("specifically exempted from disclosure by state or federal statute"), section 87.2(b) (disclosure would result in an "unwarranted invasion of personal privacy"), and section 87.2(g) (intra- and inter-agency materials, with certain exceptions).

Title

Printed copies of orders issued

Series Number

A3086

Summary

This series consists of orders issued by the War Council. The orders contain information on the conditions of the order, its duration, and effective date. The Council was empowered to issue orders on any matter it deemed essential to the war effort, and these cover such subjects as: using school buses for transferring defense industry employees; providing child care; instituting price controls; racing motor vehicles; and releasing school students over age 16 for temporary work in canneries.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Transportation Division of Waterways Maintenance sample forms

Series Number

B1752

Summary

This series consists of a complete set of printed forms used by the Canal Corporation and its predecessor agencies to document activities related to the state's canal system. Although most of the forms were created specifically for the Department of Transportation's Division of Waterway Maintenance, some are standard commercial forms, and some were produced by other government agencies such as the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York City sectional maps

Series Number

B2273

Summary

These maps depict streets and highways in the five boroughs of New York City.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Commissioner's constitutional convention files

Series Number

B0464

Summary

This series documents the activities of Commisisoner James E. Allen in preparation for and during the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention. Records include correspondence; reports; press releases; pamphlets; clippings; testimony; and publications of the Board of Regents and the Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention. Correspondence and official position statements discuss impact of recent federal programs on education and local and state attempts to bolster existing state education infrastructure. Also included is a copy of the 1967 State Constitution.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

List of corporations filing annual reports

Series Number

A1861

Summary

This series lists corporations that filed annual reports with the office of the Secretary of State. Arranged alphabetically by county, the lists includes name of the court and the corporation that filed a report.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence files pertaining to stage coach and omnibus companies' annual reports

Series Number

B0302

Summary

This series consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence but also includes memoranda and copies of orders issued by the Public Service Commission. The files pertain mainly to annual reports previously filed with the Public Service Commission and include detailed information as well as clarifications, amendments or explanations of these earlier reports. They include some amendments and changes to records in Series 12393, Annual reports of stagecoach and omnibus companies, and other common carriers, 1909-1980.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Interest on Lawyer Account Fund archived websites

Series Number

B2515

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Interest on Lawyer Account Fund (IOLA).

Creator

• Interest on Lawyer Account Fund (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State election data

Series Number

B2501

Summary

This compilation of data documents vote totals by party for the following elections: Statewide elections for state offices and formerly elective offices; Presidential electors (starting 1828) by county and (starting 1860) larger city; Governor by county (starting 1777) and (starting 1858) larger city; U.S. Senator (starting 1914), by county and larger city; U.S. Representatives in Congress (starting 1789) by district; N.Y. Senator (starting 1788) by district; and N.Y. Assembly member (starting 1789) by district.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Photographic prints, negatives, and slides

Series Number

B1008

Summary

This series consists of about 255 color slides, 200 color and black-and-white prints, and 200 negatives. The images include exterior and interior shots, as well as inmate activities and facilities at Albion including religious services, classes (sewing, cooking, etc.), recreational activities, and medical care.

Creator

• Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to minutes

Series Number

B0316

Summary

This volume indexes both the Engrossed minutes of series A1077 and the Rough Minutes of series A1076. Each entry gives the name, subject, date and nature of action.

Creator

• New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Commissioner's Office Executive Assistant's administrative files

Series Number

B0470

Summary

The position of Executive Assistant was added to the Commissioner's staff in 1945. This series consists of the files maintained by the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Allan P. Bradley. They include files related to engagements, legislation, Constitutional Convention, paid travel vouchers, cabinet, budget, annual staff conference, and general subject and day files.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New Netherland Council Dutch colonial ordinances

Series Number

A1875

Summary

This series consists of ordinances, laws, and regulations enacted by the Council of the Colony of New York to govern and maintain order in the communities of New Netherland. The records, written in the Dutch language, address personal behavior; community standards in such areas as fire prevention, construction, and real estate; and commercial matters like customs, sales, licensing, fees and taxes on goods and services, tobacco, liquor, livestock, currency, ships and shipping, farming, and trapping.

Creator

• New Netherland. Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Court of Probates record of estate inventories

Series Number

J2301

Summary

This series consists of a microfilm copy of one volume of inventories of estates recorded by the clerk of the Court of Probates.

Creator

• New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women

Access Restrictions

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