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:
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 |
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 |
1970-1973 |
Goodwin, cont.: Legislation sponsored or affecting DHCR |
19 |
1970-1973 |
Goodwin, cont.: Legislation sponsored or affecting DHCR |
20 |
|
Goodwin, cont.: NYC agencies (information from, about, or to) |
22 |
|
Goodwin, cont.: NYS agencies |
23 |
|
Goodwin, cont.: NYS agencies |
24 |
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 |