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New York State Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers Meeting Minutes


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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 contains official minutes and related documents of the Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers. Minutes record attendees, agenda, and business transacted. Also included are contracts to be approved or disapproved; correspondence and memorandums; newspaper articles; City of Yonkers laws and city council resolutions; court documents; reports and statements submitted to the Board; records of bond filings and sales and the city's original "Financial Plan" for coping with the financial crisis.
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New York State Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers meeting minutes
Quantity:

3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1975-1978
Series Number:
12564

Arrangement

Chronological by date of meeting.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains official minutes and related documents of the Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers. Written on loose typewritten sheets, the minutes contain information on who attended each meeting, what the agenda was, and business transacted. Additional records filed with the minutes are copies of materials distributed to each board member or submitted to the Board, such as listings of contracts to be approved or disapproved; correspondence and memorandums relevant to or received during a given meeting; copies of newspaper articles; copies of City of Yonkers laws and city council resolutions; copies of court documents related to the Board's deliberations; reports and statements submitted to the Board; and records of bond filings and sales. Also included is a copy of the original submission of the city's "Financial Plan" to cope with the financial crisis.

Each meeting was assigned a consecutive number starting at one. At least two file folders exist for each meeting. The first folder contains the official copy of the minutes and agenda, while the second contains the materials distributed to each Board member and documents received by the Board. If a bond filing or sale was submitted for the Board's review at a meeting, records concerning this were included in a third folder. The original submission of the city's "Financial Plan" is located in the third folder for meeting three.

Related Material

12565 Counsel's Correspondence and Subject Files, contains related records of the Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box

Accretion: 12564-81
1975 December 3-1976 November 4 Meetings 1-22; Miscellaneous Minutes; Correspondence Designating Representatives of the Board 1
1976 December 9-1978 January 12 Meetings 22-40 2
1978 February 9-November 27 Meetings 41-54 3