Research

Scope and Content Note

This fragmentary series consists mainly of typescript annual or final reports of state agencies and commissions required to submit such reports to the governor. There is no indication of why these materials were filed together. It is possible that the materials were removed from other series for reference by the governor's office and were never refiled.

Agencies represented in this series include: Division of Military and Naval Affairs - 1952; Temporary Commission on the Fiscal Affairs of State Government - 1954; Workmen's Compensation Board - 1950-1953; Department of Labor/Industrial Commissioner - 1951, 1952; Temporary State Commission to Study the Organizational Structure of the Government of the City of New York - 1954; Public Service Commission - Investigation of Long Island Rail Road wreck at Kew Gardens, Queens, November 22, 1950 - 1951; Niagara Frontier Authority - 1952; and New York State Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing - 1954.

Also filed with these records are: copies of attorney general's opinions and court decisions regarding jurisdiction, powers, duties, and rights of fire districts and fire fighters - 1954; transmittal letters for reports not found in this series; and a few pieces of unrelated, miscellaneous correspondence.