Research


Scope and Content Note

The series consists of the annual financial reports of public authorities generated pursuant to Article 9, Section 2500 of the Public Authorities Law. That law requires that, within ninety days after the end of the fiscal year, every authority submit a complete and detailed report to the governor, the chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and the state comptroller.

Each report contains a statement of the financial transactions of the authority. Details of each report vary somewhat depending on the nature of the particular authority. Generally, each includes a listing of the authority's assets, liabilities, receipts and expenditures. Many reports are also broken down according to type of funds (General, Reserve, Capital Improvements, etc.). Some reports are accompanied by letters of transmittal, printed brochures, and other memoranda.

13316-01: The following types of authorities are represented in reports for 1998 contained in this accretion: airport authorities; bridge and port authorities; cemeteries; convention and visitor bureaus; cultural center commissions; economic development corporations; housing authorities; industrial development agencies and corporations; lake park protection, recreation, and improvement districts; parking authorities; resource recovery agencies; sanitary districts; sewer authorities; solid waste management authorities; transit authorities; utility districts; water authorities and commissions; and waste water authorities.