Research

Scope and Content Note

A0566-98: This accretion contains a variety of records collected or created by the commission during their study. Types of records include copies of contracts; proposals; bills; testimony; expenditures and appropriations; newspaper clippings; financial information for municipal agencies studied; and press releases. Also included are materials concerning the finances of the commission, including budget requests and estimated expenditures.

Other material includes preliminary prospectuses for commission task forces on sanitation, narcotics control, environmental protection, health and hospitals, housing and community development, criminal justice, welfare, service productivity, jurisdiction and structure of city government, and higher education. Also included are statements, transcripts, and memoranda of city, state, and federal officials to the commission concerning proposals to decentralize the city government.