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Selected New Accessions, March 2023

Agency Title Accession Quantity
Long Island State Park Commission Montauk State Parks Case Files, 1919-1951 B2876-22 92.42 gigabytes (1638 digital files)
New York State Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau 

Duely and Constantly Kept: A History of the New York Supreme Court, and An Inventory of Its Records

The New York State Archives holds all the surviving documents kept or filed by the clerks of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City, Albany, Utica and Geneva 1691-1847. A joint publication of the Archives Partnership Trust and the Historical Society of the New York State Courts, Duely & Constantly Kept provides a history of the New York Supreme Court and inventory of records housed in the State Archives. Special thanks to The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation.

231 pages

Selected New Accessions, February 2023

Agency Title Accession Quantity
Department of Environmental Conservation. Office of Hearings and Mediation Services Decisions, Orders, Rulings, and Hearing Reports, 1995-2002 17067-23 1 cubic foot
Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

Selected New Accessions, January 2023

Agency Title Accession Quantity
Office of Children and Family Services  Office of Children and Family Services Advisory Board Files, 1999-2014 B2903-22 1.5 cubic feet
Long Island State Park Commission Bethpage State Parkway Case Files, 1934-2007

Assembly, New York State

New York's first British colonial governors ruled the province only with the aid of a Council but with no assembly representative of the colonists. Between 1664, when King Charles II granted the conquered New Netherland territory to his brother James, Duke of York, and 1863, citizens increasingly called for the establishment of a general assembly. In 1681, members of the Court of Assizes petitioned the Duke for an Assembly to be elected by freeholders, and citizen unrest was apparent in, among other things, their refusal to pay taxes.

Gaming Commission

The State Racing and Wagering Board was created in 1973 (Chapter 346) to consolidate responsibility for the licensing and regulation of racing and wagering activities that had formerly been exercised by five separate commissions. A State Racing Commission, consisting of three gubernatorial appointees, was created in 1926 (Chapter 440) to issue or deny annual licenses to corporations conducting horse races and steeplechases.

Selected New Accessions, December 2022

Agency Title Accession Quantity
Temporary State Commission for Special Services for Physically Handicapped and Disabled Persons in the Village of Saranac Lake and Surrounding Areas Survey Report, 1951-1953 B2902-22

0.2 cubic feet (1 volume)

Selected New Accessions, November 2022

Agency Title Accession Quantity
Long Island State Park Commission Robert Moses Correspondence Files, 1930-1934 B2872-22 15.01 gigabytes (365 digital files)
Long Island State Park Commission Engineering Department Project Files, 1905-1994 B2873-22 163.76 gigabytes (2887 digital files)

Governor's Records Guide

This guide consists of "Governors" pages providing access to resources that are unique to individual gubernatorial administrations and thematic pages that provide access to resources documenting gubernatorial functions across multiple administrations. Additional pages provide access to resources documenting the activities of investigative and advisory bodies established by order of the governor or directed to report findings to the governor’s office. 

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