New York State Governor Press Releases

Chronological.

13688-11: Alphabetical by subject or name of agency.

Executive Chamber staff maintained these records as a central file of governor's press releases concerning all aspects of state government. Most are standard press releases publicizing appointments, new legislation, issues of concern to the governor, the governor's activities, or ceremonial occasions. Occasionally a press release will include, or consist entirely of, the text of a piece of legislation, a statement by the governor, an Executive Order or proclamation, or a government report.

The press releases concern numerous issues such as: promoting business and employment; crime prevention and expansion of correctional services; health care costs and programs; energy conservation and development; mass transit financing; prevention of domestic violence; highway maintenance and construction; and neighborhood preservation programs. The following governor's offices created these records: Harriman, Carey, Mario Cuomo, and Pataki.

13688-07: This accretion also contains press releases created by the Office of Lieutenant Governor Mary O. Donohue.

13688-11: This accretion consists of press releases from the Office of Governor Pataki for the year 1998 only, and may duplicate releases found in earlier accretions.

13688-23: This accretion consists of press releases from the Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for the years 2011-2019.

Excerpts or complete versions of press releases are published in Public Papers of the Governor.

Series 13706 Press Releases, 1978-1982 contains similar records maintained by the Governor's Press Office.

Series B1205 Index to Governor Carey's Proclamations, Press Releases, and Addresses, indexes the 1976-1982 records (13688-82) alphabetically by subject and name.

Series B1421 Index to Governor Mario M. Cuomo's Proclamations, Press Releases, and Addresses, indexes the 1983-1994 records alphabetically by subject and name. Series B1940, Office of the Governor web site files, contains electronic copies of the releases issued by the Pataki administration.

Series W0111 Governor Eliot L. Spitzer Archived Websites includes press releases made available online as of March 10, 2008 and March 17, 2008.

Series W0112 Governor David A. Paterson Archived Websites includes press releases made available online as of June 11, 2008, March 5, 2010, and December 28, 2010.

Series W0113 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Archived Websites includes press releases made available online as of February 2, 2012, March 10, 2014, September 10, 2021, and October 11, 2021.

13688-07A: These records were transferred to Syracuse University in 1959 by Governor Harriman. They were later transferred to the New York State Archives in June 2006 and accessioned in October 2007.

13688-10: These records were transferred to the New York State Archives by the Department of Environmental Conservation, Office of General Counsel.

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