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New York (State). Special Commission on Attica

 

 

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This series consists of investigation and interview files of the Special Commission on Attica (chaired by Robert B. McKay and known as the "McKay Commission"). The commission investigated the Attica Correctional Facility riot of 1971. Resulting records include personal interview sheets or transcripts; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

 

 

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The commission maintained files of newspaper and magazine articles on harness racing, harness tracks, and the work of the commission in order to track its investigation and for use as an additional source of information for its investigation. The clippings concern state officials connected with the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

 

 

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This series indexes the people and organizations examined by the commission, commission staff, and some of the records generated by the commission in the course of its investigation. The series also serves as a central reference file to names of people and organizations studied. Separate groups of cards .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

 

 

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These records comprise the commission's central operational files documenting the staffing of the commission and the conduct of its investigation. The series includes the executive order creating the commission, correspondence, questionnaires, accounting statements and reports of harness racing associations, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Special Commission on Attica

 

 

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This series consists of motion picture film depicting events associated with the Attica Correctional Facility uprising in September of 1971. Footage depicts inmates holding prison yard; State Police control center; hostages; arrival of observers and Black Panther Party chairman Bobby Seale; deployment .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Special Commission on Attica

 

 

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This series includes audio tape recordings and transcripts of public hearings of the New York State Special Commission on Attica. Transcripts include testimony before the commission of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Robert R. Douglass (secretary to the governor), T. Norman Hurd (Director of State Operations), .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Executive Department

 

 

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This series consists of a report documenting a Moreland Act Commission's investigation of allegations of evidence tampering by members of State Police Troops C and F, both located in the Hudson Valley. Accompanying the report is a signed letter from Deputy Attorney General and special prosecutor Nelson .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Temporary Commission of Investigation

 

 

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This series consists of typewritten transcripts of witness testimony from public and private hearings that were conducted by the New York State Temporary Commission of Investigation..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Temporary Commission of Investigation

 

 

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This series consists of court documents, memorandums, correspondence, and related legal materials pertaining to lawsuits which challenge the authority and/or practices of New York State Temporary Commission of Investigation..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law

 

 

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This series documents the staffing and general administration of the commission's investigation, reflecting its study of charges of favoritism and corruption in the State Liquor Authority's enforcement of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Records include correspondence, subject files, recommendations, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

 

 

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This series consists mainly of transcripts of testimony taken at three sets of public hearings conducted for three areas of investigation: Roosevelt Raceway program concession and the interest of a sitting Nassau County Judge; waste, mismanagement, and diversion of moneys belonging to the Welfare Fund .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Temporary Commission of Investigation

 

 

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This series contains documentary, photographic, and physical evidence that was acquired by the Temporary Commission of Investigation during investigations..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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These records, primarily related to travel, purchases, and office expenses, document the day to day operations of various Moreland Commissions and the Governor's Crime Conference in 1936. The Moreland investigations pertain to workmen's compensation, Creedmore Hospital, insurance, racing, corrections, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Moreland Act Commission on the Returnable Container Act

 

 

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The commission was charged with investigating and determining how well the Returnable Container Act was working; the adequacy of state enforcement; the costs of compliance; whether unclaimed deposits should be retained by industries or paid to the state; and recommendations for improvement. This series .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

 

 

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The commission used these records of the Joint Legislative Commission as background and reference materials. Most of the series concerns proposed legislation introduced at the request of the Joint Legislative Commission between 1940 and 1943. Bill files contain the printed bill and an accompanying summary .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Moreland Act Commission to Study Workmen's Compensation Administration and Costs

 

 

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This file documents the Commission's operations and investigation including: operation, background and research materials; testimony and transcripts of hearings, conferences, and interviews with representatives of employers groups, unions organizations, and legal and medical associations. Records include: .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

 

 

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This series consists of background information and supporting documentation compiled by the commission during its investigation of harness track owners and the associations licensed by to conduct pari-mutuel harness racing. The commission traced stock ownership, studied financial records, and questioned .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Ethics Commission

 

 

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In 2006, New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi (in office 2003-2006) was investigated by the New York State Ethics Commission for alleged inappropriate use of state employees to provide transport for his wife. This series consists of transcripts of testimony and accompanying exhibits from the investigation. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Commissioner to Examine and Investigate the Management and Affairs of the Office of the Fiscal Supervisor of State Charities, the State Board of Charities, the Sites, Buildings and Grounds Commission, the Building Improvement Commission,

 

 

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This series contains Charles H. Strong's records of his investigation of the State Board of Charities and children's institutions. Strong was to investigate charges made by John A. Kingsbury, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Public Charities, in his annual report to Mayor John Purroy .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Moreland Act Special Commission on Educational Structure, Policies, and Practices

 

 

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The Special Commission on Educational Structure, Policies, and Practices was established to make recommendations to improve the structure, policies, and practices of school districts and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). This series consists of hearing transcripts; briefing materials; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives