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New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal Subject and Correspondence Files of Executive Staff


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series consists of subject and correspondence files produced by executive staff of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR). The series documents such issues as New York City housing; proposed housing projects; legislation sponsored by or affecting DHCR; and federal agencies and activities related to housing.
Creator:
Title:
Subject and correspondence files of executive staff
Quantity:

29 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1952-1973
Bulk Dates:
bulk 1963-1972
Series Number:
12309

Arrangement

Arranged by name of executive staff member; therein subject files are alphabetical and correspondence files are chronological.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of subject and correspondence files produced by executive staff of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR). The series also contains reports (1952-1966) related to housing, primarily in New York City.

The files of Avrum Hyman, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner, include staff assignments; long range planning submissions; material related to President Nixon's Task Force on Housing and Community Renewal; press releases; proposed legislation; correspondence including reference requests forwarded from the executive chamber for reply, correspondence to Commissioner James William Gaynor, and replies drafted by Hyman to many local government and state agency officials; and other administrative material.

Records of Henry Nussbaum, Director of the Finance and Audit Bureau, consist of applications for various proposed housing projects including Parkshore Housing Corporation; Mount Kisco Middle Income Housing Corporation; Hudsonview Plaza, Inc; and the Morris Park Housing Council.

Records from Lee Goodwin, Assistant Commissioner and Commissioner (1971-1973) include material related to the Housing Finance Agency; files concerning legislation sponsored by or affecting DHCR; files on New York City agencies; general correspondence and daily mail records; requests for housing from private citizens; press releases; and files on federal agencies and activities related to housing.

Related Material

A0419 Project Files of the Assistant to the Commissioner, Division of Housing and Community Renewal, was originally transferred to the Archives as part of this series.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box

Accretion: 12309-97
1963-1967 Avrum Hyman, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner; Correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically: A-C 1
Hyman, cont.: Correspondence and executive staff assignment: C-G 2
Hyman, cont.: Long range planning submissions and legislation proposals: H-L 3
Hyman, cont.: L-P 4
Hyman, cont.: R 5
1968-1969 Hyman, cont.: S-V, Includes material on Nixon's Task Force on Housing and Community Renewal 6
1965-1975 Commissioner's correspondence, chronologically arranged 7
1968 Commissioner's correspondence, cont. 8
1964-1966, 1970-1975 Governor's correspondence Reference requests re: Housing and Community Renewal forwarded from the Executive Chamber 9
Henry Nussbaum, Director, Finance and Audit Bureau; Park Shore Housing Co. applications for various proposed projects 10
1971-1973 Lee Goodwin, Assistant Commissioner and Commissioner: A-C 11
Goodwin, cont.: A-correspondence 12
1972 Goodwin cont.: Correspondence, arranged chronologically 13
1973 Goodwin cont.: Correspondence, arranged chronologically 14
Goodwin, cont.: E-H 15
Goodwin, cont.: HFA 16
Goodwin, cont.: HFA 17
Goodwin, cont.: G-M 18
1970-1973 Goodwin, cont.: Legislation sponsored or affecting DHCR 19
1970-1973 Goodwin, cont.: Legislation sponsored or affecting DHCR 20
Goodwin, cont.: M-Q 21
Goodwin, cont.: NYC agencies (information from, about, or to) 22
Goodwin, cont.: NYS agencies 23
Goodwin, cont.: NYS agencies 24
Goodwin, cont.: R-S 25
Goodwin, cont.: S 26
Goodwin, cont.: S-U 27
1969-1971 Goodwin, cont.: W-Y and "236 FUNDS" 28
1966 Office of the Comptroller, Audit report on operating practices of NYS HFA and certain related administrative practices of the DHCR 29
Comments of HFA and DHCR on above report 29
1952 NYS Division of Housing, Proceedings- Investigation of housing conditions in NYC 29
1967 NYS Commission of Investigation of the Limited Profit Housing Program-Recommendations 29
1965 John Lindsay, Program for Solving NY'S Housing Crisis 29
1958 Report on The Study and Recommendations for the Reorganization of the NYC Housing Authority Police Department 29