Research

Scope and Content Note

This series contains minutes of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Atomic and Space Development Authority. Also included are transcripts of hearings of the Power Authority of New York State and some printed proposed contracts between the Power Authority and potential customers. The governor's office maintained these files to monitor activities of public authorities and to exercise the governor's power to approve or veto decisions made at meetings of public authorities.

Port Authority records in this series consist of minutes of meetings of the authority and its committees (construction, finance, operations, and port planning). Minutes are from meetings held between 1959 and 1974 and concern such issues as: construction status and needs of Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, Lincoln Tunnel, Port Authority Bus Terminal, George Washington Bridge, and other Port District airports, marine terminals, and facilities; construction of the World Trade Center; construction budget details; contracting for construction work; federal aid for construction; acquisition of commuter railroad cars; settlement and status of legal claims against the Port Authority, e.g. for injuries sustained in Port Authority facilities; issuance and retirement of Port Authority bonds; investment activities; recommendations for improvements to facilities; leases or agreements with Port Authority facility tenants, equipment rental companies, etc.; and personnel transactions.

Atomic and Space Development Authority records in this series consist of minutes of meetings held in 1974 concerning such issues as: identification and development of sites for nuclear power plants; issuing of bonds to finance construction of facilities, installation of pollution control devices, etc.; operation of the authority's Western New York Nuclear Service Center, including plutonium storage and storage of high level liquid wastes; power plant site inventory program; electrical power supply and related environmental research; and change in focus of the authority from nuclear development to environmental protection issues relating to supply of electrical energy, and the need for changes in the enabling legislation to reflect changes in the authority's activities.

Power Authority of the State of New York records in this series date from 1951-1964 and include: transcripts of hearings before the Federal Power Commission regarding proposed Power Authority hydroelectric project on the Niagara River (1957); transcripts of hearings regarding proposed contracts with power companies, power cooperatives, corporations, municipalities, and the United States Air Force for sale, transmission, and distribution of power by the Power Authority (1955-1964); transcripts of congressional hearings regarding development of Niagara River power facilities (1951-1957); proposed contracts for sale, transmission, and distribution of Niagara Project power (contracts NS-1 to NS-29) and St. Lawrence Power Project power (contracts S-1 to S-22) (1955-1964); memorandum (report) to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller regarding proposed contract NS-1 between the Power Authority and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (1960); and report on transmission of St. Lawrence Power Project power to the Vermont Public Service Commission, the City of Plattsburgh (N.Y.), and the United States Air Force Base at Plattsburgh (1955).