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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Office of Planning and Development

 

 

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This series documents the Department of Transportation's planning and implementation of federal and state highway legislation. The Correspondence and Planning Information Files relate to implementation of Federal-Aid Highway Acts; development of the interstate highway system; urban transportation systems .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Bureau of Historic Preservation Field Services

 

 

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This series consists of affirmative action annual reports submitted to the department. Typical reports are 8-10 pages in length and describe recent and intended future activities in agencies to meet state goals, including hiring actions taken or planned to achieve parity in numbers of protected class .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Civil Service

 

 

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This series consists of copies of individual agency workforce plans, submitted to the Department of Civil Service, and copies of the yearly executive overview prepared by the Dept. of Civil Service as directed by law. Each agency's annual workforce management plan identifies workforce trends caused .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department

 

 

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This series consists of a general planning statement and individual planning statements for major program or administrative areas in the Education Department including Center on Innovation; Vocational Rehabilitation; Research and Evaluation; Cultural Education; Higher and Professional Education; Science .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Governmental Relations Division

 

 

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The Westway was a transportation project conceived and planned in part by Governor Nelson Rockefeller's administration as a replacement for the elevated West Side Highway on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City. This series documents the Westway trade-in, a plan in which the funds allocated .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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

 

 

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This series consists of tabulations of data gathered from state agencies showing public lands owned by New York State, specifically those acquired by the state between 1937 and 1939. The data was gathered by the Division of State Planning. The tabulations include descriptions of each parcel of state .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of the Budget

 

 

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The series consists of copies of appropriations requests made by various state agencies, including requests for capital construction. Also included are Division of the Budget examination unit files that analyze and make recommendations about these requests. These records include extensive background .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Energy Office. Counsel's Office

 

 

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This series documents the State Energy Office's efforts to compile and adopt a "master plan for energy-related decisions throughout the state." Included are testimony by environmental groups, utility companies, and state agencies; motions, briefs and exhibits; background reports; draft and final opinions .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Public Transportation Safety Board

 

 

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This series documents each system's safety plan. Plans include safety goals and objectives; compliance reports and detailed descriptions of the transit system, its organizational structure, safety programs, and equipment; accident history; how the plan will be implemented; and compliance reports. The .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Low Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission

 

 

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This series includes mostly letters and memoranda from the executive director of the Low Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission to consultants; site planners; federal, state, and New York City Personnel; and job applicants. The correspondence documents activities and topics such as the development .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Environmental Management Bureau

 

 

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This series consists of environmental impact statements (EIS) developed by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's Environmental Management Bureau, which is responsible for reviewing proposed projects affecting the agency's parks to evaluate their environmental impact. Each EIS provides .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Empire State Development

 

 

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Empire State Development (ESD) hired Mt. Auburn Associates (MAA) to prepare a report on ESD's response to the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks and its role in the recovery of Lower Manhattan. Material in the series is mostly records MAA collected while writing the report and material provided by ESD .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Heritage Areas System Bureau

 

 

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This series documents establishment of and provides information on the history and cultural resources of heritage areas. Each management plan includes description of area boundaries; inventory of cultural resources; goals and objectives statement; types of area uses; potential property acquisitions; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Heritage Areas System Bureau

 

 

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This series consists of planning documents and correspondence related to the creation, development, and evolution of the New York State Heritage Areas Program and New York State Urban Cultural Parks Program. The purpose of these programs has been to develop, preserve, and promote the state's cultural .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Planning Unit

 

 

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The Statewide Trails Plan provides the overall vision, goals, and objectives for the creation of a statewide trails system. The records in this series include copies of the Statewide Trails Plan report, as well as various background materials used in its preparation, including environmental impact statements, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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University of the State of New York. Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation

 

 

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This series contains files kept by the secretary relate to the Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation activities. The series provides information on the work of the committee, design of the proposed shrine, and other displays of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Mental Health. Bureau of Planning Coordination

 

 

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This series consists primarily of planning documents and research materials used to produce five-year comprehensive plans for mental health services. The plans generally include an executive summary of significant events, goals, and setbacks; a statement of goals, strategies, and objectives; sections .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Base Mapping Unit

 

 

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This series contains reports on such topics as a proposed aerial mapping survey of the state and automation of the base mapping program, generated by the New York State Department of Transportation's Base Mapping Unit..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation

 

 

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This series includes meeting minutes, resolutions, plans, and studies of the Republic Airport Commission. This commission, which consists of Department of Transportation officials and representatives from the local community, sets policy for the airport and studies the relationship between airport operations .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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This series contains various reports, plans, and campaign speeches from the Rockefeller and Carey administrations. These records may have been collected for use by transition teams in the Carey and/or Mario Cuomo administrations. Records include a report concerning sentencing of adult criminals, the .........

 

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New York State Archives