New York State Attorney General Correspondence
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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 incoming and outgoing correspondence between the State Attorney General's Office and other state agencies,
private businesses, federal and local government agencies, various constituent organizations, and other public and private
individuals. Records typically consist of expressions of support/opposition to a particular position or piece of legislation;
designations of staff duties; commendations to staff; constituent comments and complaints; personal greetings; condolence
letters; and acknowledgements of invitations, appointments and resignations, or resumes received.
Creator:
Title:
New York State Attorney General correspondence
Quantity:
639.5 cubic feet
(including 1 audiotape)
Inclusive Dates:
1979-2006
Series Number:
18565
Arrangement
18565-94: Chronological by year.
18565-99, 18565-07: Alphabetical by last name of correspondent or chronological by reference number.
18565-07A: Roughly by subject.
Administrative History
Robert Abrams, attorney general of New York from 1979-1993, was born July 4, 1938, and was raised and educated in the Bronx.
He was educated in the public schools, Columbia College, and the New York University School of Law. After graduation he was
engaged in the private practice of law in New York City.
In 1965 Abrams was elected to the first of three terms in the State Assembly. He served on several committees, including the
Judiciary Committee, and sponsored and supported numerous pieces of legislation in the areas of tenant protection, broadening
voter registration, election law reform, and education. He authored the first law creating a prison work release program,
and his bill to fight child abuse was a landmark measure.
In 1969 Abrams was elected borough president of the Bronx, becoming the youngest person ever elected to that post. As borough
president, he was a member of the Board of Estimate, the highest policy-making body of the City of New York. He was a strong
advocate of expanding day care programs and giving local communities greater input in municipal decision. He also was an early
advocate of bi-lingual education in the public schools. He was reelected in 1973 and 1977.
In 1978 Abrams was elected attorney general of the State of New York. During his tenure, the attorney general's office focused
efforts on such issues as environmental pollution, white-collar crime, organized crime, consumer protection, antitrust enforcement,
and civil rights.
Scope and Content Note
The last box contains letters announcing the attorney general's departure from office. A chronological file of carbon copies
of outgoing correspondence was maintained for the earlier years.
18565-94: This accretion consists of correspondence between Attorney General Robert Abrams and other state agencies, private
businesses, federal and local government agencies, various constituent organizations, and other public and private organizations
and individuals. Most material is arranged in categories such as congratulations, thank you's, appreciations, general correspondence,
correspondence handled by executive assistants, sympathy, legislation, and recommendations.
Records typically consist of expressions of support/opposition to a particular position or piece of legislation; designations
of staff duties; commendations to staff; constituent comments and complaints; personal greetings; condolence letters; and
acknowledgements of invitations, appointments and resignations, or resumes received.
18565-99: This accretion consists of the office correspondence of Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco. It exists in two parts:
letters received (1996-1998) with replies prepared for the attorney general by his press office; and letters received (1994-1998)
and forwarded to the office of Assistant Attorney General Donald P. Berens for reply.
Letters with replies prepared for the attorney general by his press office are arranged alphabetically by name of the correspondent.
A copy of the reply is usually attached. Letters forwarded to Donald Berens for reply are arranged by year and therein by
"reference #". What reference numbers are represented and/or the system by which they were assigned is unknown. However, they
generally reflect arrangement according to the date the letter was answered. There are many and wide gaps in the numbering
sequence. A copy of the reply is usually attached.
18565-07: This accretion consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and his staff
(1999-2006). Incoming correspondence usually consists of letters from other state agencies, private businesses, federal and
local government agencies, various constituent organizations, and other public and private organizations and individuals.
Much of the incoming correspondence regards salient topics and legislation of the time such as tobacco, anti-trust laws, gun
control, the September 11th attacks, pregnancy centers, gas price gauging, same-sex marriage and illegal immigration.
The outgoing correspondence usually consists of letters from Attorney General Spitzer regarding responses to invitations,
holiday greetings, letters of sympathy, and letters and certificates of merit. Most of the correspondence usually contains
the original letter sent to the Attorney General's Office, the database entry page with a note for the necessary actions to
take place, and a letter from the Attorney General's Office responding to the letter. Some incoming correspondence contains
supplements such as CDs, DVDs, and videotapes. The 1999 incoming correspondence is arranged alphabetically. The remainder
of the correspondence is arranged by the Reference Number which is usually in chronological order by the date the letter was
written and answered.
18565-07A: This accretion consists of correspondence files of Attorney General Eliot Spitzer during his tenure in office.
A majority of the correspondence is between the Attorney General and other state agencies, private business, federal and local
government agencies, various constituent organizations, and other public and private individuals. The correspondence regards
salient topics and legislation of the time such as tobacco, school violence, organized crime, and Internet safety.
Other Finding Aids
Available at Repository
18565-94, 18565-07, 18565-07A, 18565-10: Container list is available at the repository.
18565-94: Partial folder list is available at the repository.
Access Restrictions
18565-07, 18565-07A, 18565-10: Designated records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state
or federal statute or common law. Requests for access to designated records are reviewed by staff of the State Archives and
the Office of the Attorney General (Dept. of Law). In certain circumstances, designated records or portions of records may
be withheld.
Access Terms
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Detailed Description
Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
Accretion: 18565-99 |
|
Part 1: A-B |
1 |
|
|
Part 1: Letters to be interfiled in the above sequence |
8 |
|
|
Part 1: Letters to be interfiled in the above sequence |
9 |
|
|
Part 1: Letters to be interfiled in the above sequence |
10 |
|
|
Part 2 Reference numbers: 9567 - 951457 |
11 |
|
|
Part 2 Reference numbers: 960011 - 961951 |
12 |
|
|
Part 2 Reference numbers: 961955 - 97B0011 |
13 |
|
|
Part 2 Reference numbers: 97B0485 - 98N3437 |
14 |
|
Accretion: 18565-10 |
2006 May - June 2
|
Spitzer Administration Correspondence: 9900-9949
|
1 |
1 |
2006 May - June 2
|
Spitzer Administration Correspondence: 9950-9999
|
1 |
2 |
2006 May - June 2
|
Spitzer Administration Correspondence: 10000-10049
|
1 |
3 |
2006 May - June 2
|
Spitzer Administration Correspondence: 10050-10099
|
1 |
4 |
2006 May - June 2
|
Spitzer Administration Correspondence: 10100-10149
|
1 |
5 |
2006 May - June 2
|
Spitzer Administration Correspondence: 10150-10199
|
1 |
6 |
2006 May - June 2
|
Spitzer Administration Correspondence: 10200-10249
|
1 |
7 |
2006 May - June 2
|
Spitzer Administration Correspondence: 10250-10299
|
1 |
8 |
Accretion: 18565-07A |
2001 |
African American Awards |
1 |
1 |
|
Awards/Ceremony's/Workshops Samples |
1 |
2 |
2002 |
Hispanic Heritage Awards |
1 |
3 |
2002 |
Assembly/Senate Puerto Rican Conference |
1 |
5 |
2001 |
NYC and Albany Awards Ceremony |
1 |
6 |
2001 |
Congressional Delegation/PCB mtg. |
1 |
8 |
|
Crime Victim's Advisory Board Meeting |
1 |
9 |
|
Crime Victim's Advisory Board |
1 |
10 |
2002 |
Flyer/Invitation Stamples |
1 |
11 |
2002 |
Law Enforcement Block Grants |
1 |
14 |
2002 |
NAAG Tobacco Survey |
1 |
15 |
2001 |
Neighborhood Watch |
1 |
16 |
2001 June |
Energy Roundtable |
1 |
17 |
2001 |
Binghamton Regional Office |
1 |
19 |
|
Environmental Bureau Regional Meetings |
1 |
25 |
|
Eileen Dugan Senior Center |
1 |
27 |
|
Democratic Leadership Council |
1 |
31 |
2001 |
Crime Victims Vigil |
1 |
33 |
2000 |
Crime Victim's Vigil |
1 |
34 |
|
Crime Victims Advisory Board |
1 |
36 |
|
Crime Victims Advisory |
1 |
37 |
2000 |
Congressional Mailing Electronic Privacy |
1 |
39 |
|
Concourse Village Special Adults |
1 |
40 |
2000 |
Con Edison Report |
1 |
41 |
|
Concerned Business of Southern Tier |
2 |
1 |
2000 |
Completed Mailings |
2 |
3 |
|
Communities and the Law |
2 |
4 |
|
Citizens Committee for NYC |
2 |
8 |
1999-2000 |
Reach and Teach |
2 |
13 |
|
Joseph W. Sallusitio, Jr. |
2 |
15 |
|
Legislative Breakfasts |
2 |
17 |
|
West Seneca Youth Board |
2 |
20 |
|
Westchester Open House |
2 |
21 |
|
Troy Record All Area Football |
2 |
22 |
1999 |
Triple C Awards |
2 |
29 |
|
Syracuse Labor Meeting |
2 |
32 |
|
Swinging Sixties Senior Center |
2 |
33 |
|
Suffolk Co. Bar Association |
2 |
35 |
|
Science Olympiad NYS & National |
2 |
37 |
|
Solos El Futuro Conf. |
2 |
38 |
1999 |
School Violence |
2 |
42 |
|
Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Center |
2 |
44 |
|
Civil Rights Brochures |
3 |
4 |
|
Senior Citizen Brochures |
3 |
6 |
|
Brochures from other Entities |
3 |
7 |
|
Fighting Fraud Insurance & Workers' Compensation |
3 |
10 |
1998 |
Crime Victims' Resource Guides |
3 |
11 |
|
Trust & Estates/Binghamton Regional |
3 |
13 |
|
Puerto Rican Hispanic Task Force |
3 |
17 |
2001 |
Puerto Rican/Hispanic Conference |
3 |
19 |
|
Government Law Center |
3 |
20 |
|
Organized Crime Task Force |
4 |
3 |
|
Nortonian Nursing Home |
4 |
4 |
|
Partnering for Safer Neighborhoods: Block by Block |
4 |
6 |
1999 |
Neighborhood Watch |
4 |
7 |
|
Binghamton Regional Office |
5 |
5 |
|
Westchester Open House |
5 |
8 |
2001 |
Suffolk Open House |
5 |
11 |
2000 |
Rochester Office |
5 |
12 |
2000 |
Nassau Open House |
5 |
14 |
|
Harlem Day Open House |
5 |
15 |
|
Harlem Regional Office |
5 |
17 |
2000 |
Binghamton Open House |
5 |
21 |
2000 |
Spitzer magazine |
6 |
1 |
2000 |
You Can Go to College |
6 |
2 |
2000 |
Women's Business Council |
6 |
3 |
2000 |
Spring Conference |
6 |
8 |
2000 |
Rochester Ministers Meeting |
6 |
10 |
2001 |
Queens Borough Pres. Awards |
6 |
11 |
|
68th Precinct Explorer's |
6 |
13 |
|
113th Precinct Aux Police |
6 |
14 |
|
Advisory Committee on Communities and the Law |
6 |
16 |
|
American Legion Convention Binghamton |
6 |
17 |
2000 |
Amigo Senior Center |
6 |
18 |
|
Amnesty International |
6 |
19 |
|
Baptist Ministers Wives |
6 |
22 |
2000 |
Bethany Mem. Reformed Church |
6 |
23 |
|
Binghamton Open House |
6 |
24 |
|
Blue Cross Blue Shield |
6 |
25 |
2000 |
Boxing Advisory Committee |
6 |
27 |
2000 |
Boxing Task Force |
6 |
28 |
|
Brandeis Baruch Society |
6 |
29 |
|
Bronx YMCA Senior Center |
6 |
30 |
|
Buffalo Niagara Partnership |
6 |
32 |
|
Buffalo Urban League |
6 |
33 |
1999 |
Business Council |
6 |
35 |
1999 |
Certificates Citations Awards |
6 |
36 |
|
Capital District Mathematics Contest |
6 |
39 |
|
Carrie bean American Chamber of Commerce |
6 |
40 |
|
Cassidy Coles Senior |
6 |
41 |
2000 |
Legislative Breakfast |
7 |
4 |
2000 |
Legislative Agenda |
7 |
5 |
|
Legislative Correspondence Association |
7 |
6 |
|
Marble Hill Senior Center |
7 |
10 |
2000 |
Spring Conference |
7 |
12 |
2000 |
Internet Safety Mtg. NYC Schools |
7 |
13 |
2001 |
Environmental Mailings |
7 |
15 |
2000 |
Congressional Mailing |
7 |
16 |
|
Crime Victims Advisory Board Mailings |
7 |
17 |
|
Senior Center Telemarketing |
7 |
18 |
|
General Correspondence |
8 |
1 |
|
Stop and Frisk, Brooklyn |
8 |
3 |
|
Books and Publications |
9 |
1 |
2000 |
Neighborhood Watch Program |
10 |
1 |
2000 |
Neighborhood Watch |
10 |
2 |
2000 |
National Council of Negro Women |
10 |
3 |
|
Nassau Clergy Luncheon |
10 |
4 |
2001 |
Master Settlement Agreement |
10 |
10 |
|
Law and Order Awards |
10 |
11 |
2000 |
Law and Order Awards |
10 |
13 |
1999 |
Law and Order Awards |
10 |
14 |
2000 |
Law Enforcement Block Grant |
10 |
15 |
2000 |
Jewish Heritage |
10 |
19 |
|
Judicial Screening Committee |
10 |
20 |
2000 |
Hudson Valley Day |
10 |
22 |
2000 |
Hudson River Congressional Mailing |
10 |
24 |
|
Governance Matters Round Table |
10 |
28 |
|
Golf Course Pet Survey |
10 |
29 |