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New York (State). Industrial Commissioner

 

 

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This series consists of claims filed against government employers (or their contractors) by laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed on public work projects. Under Article 8 of the State Labor Law, claims could be filed against government employers (or their contractors) for non-payment of prevailing .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Third Department

 

 

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This series consists of cases and briefs from two cases originally introduced in the Appellate Division, Third Department, appealed to the Court of Appeals, and then remitted to the Appellate Division. The cases include a 1942 proceeding to remove a local fire department chief under a provision of the .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Temporary State Housing Rent Commission

 

 

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This series contains landlord and tenant protest of decisions by local rent administrators regarding recovery of possession and maximum rent, and the orders and opinions of the Commissioner and State Rent Administrator filed with the predecessor Temporary State Housing Rent Commission. The files contain .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Banking Department

 

 

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This series documents the activities of the Banking Department in the interim between assuming possession of institutions and their closings. Records were created by liquidating agents appointed by the banking superintendent to investigate outstanding mortgages and loans..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Public Service Commission

 

 

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The series consists of microfilm copies of the case files of the First District Public Service Commission (1907-1921), with jurisdiction in New York City, and case files. Also included is so-called "supplemental case file material" (those materials not filmed because of size or condition, including .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Correction

 

 

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This series consists of 250 files for incarcerated individuals executed for capital crimes. These are not complete case files but administrative files pertinent to their actual executions. Each file typically contains identifying documents; correspondence; blotter records; notices of stays and respites .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Division of Human Rights

 

 

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This series consists of files for those cases investigated by the Division of Human Rights that were appealed and litigated in civil court. Disclosable documents include the initial complaint and the final determination. Documents exempt from disclosure include internal memoranda and investigators' .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Division of Human Rights

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Governor

 

 

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The case files in this series document the process of application for and granting of pardons or commutations of sentences by the Governor. Convicts and their families, friends, and attorneys applied to have sentences reduced or terminated and, for convicted felons, to have citizenship rights restored. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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This series consists of approximately 73,000 motion picture case files, one for each film submitted to the Division of Motion Picture for review and licensing. Each case file contains the following: an license application(s); copies of initial and duplicate licenses; a copy of the filmscript; examiner's .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Executive Department. Division of Probation

 

 

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This series consists of case files relating to pre-sentence investigations of felonies in New York, Kings, Queens, and Bronx counties. Files typically contain a pre-sentence report; Identification and Information System Report; grand jury indictment; pre-sentence report work sheet; a U.S. Bureau of .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Laboratories and Research

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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This series consists of extradition case files for criminals in New York State for whom extradition has been requested by other states. Case files typically include original typed copy of extradition case control card; correspondence to extradition secretary from district attorneys; New York governor's .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series includes files for six Clinton Prison inmates who escaped incarceration during the period 1914-1927. The files document attempts by the prison administration to notify law enforcement agencies and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the escapes and to monitor attempts to apprehend the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board

 

 

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This series consists of complaints and decisions viewed by the Public Employment Relations Board to determine whether local municipal laws and ordinances were equivalent to the Public Employees' Fair Employment Act (New York State Civil Service Law, Article 14, Section 212). Cases were abbreviated as .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board

 

 

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This series consists of complaints and decisions reviewed by the Public Employment Relations Board in the process of investigating allegations of acts of reprisal in local municipalities. Acts of reprisal are in violation of the Public Employees' Fair Employment Act (Civil Service Law Article 14, Section .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Mental Health

 

 

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The cards in this series serve as an index to patient admission and discharge registers. Data on the cards includes name, address, next of kin, facility, case number (the facility assigns a patient identification number to the patient), and state identification number (assigned by the Office of Mental .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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

 

 

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This series serves as an index to Series 17373, Department of Health Adjudication Case Files. The index is in chronological order by year and therein alphabetical by case name. It provides the case name, document type, date signed or served, and document number..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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Coxsackie Correctional Facility, located in Greene County, N.Y., is a maximum security correctional facility for incarcerated men. Their case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of those incarcerated..........

 

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New York State Archives