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Administrative History

From its establishment in 1950 (Chapter 143), the Authority exercised an active public relations program designed to distribute information to the public and to promote support for and use of the Thruway. This function has been carried out by a succession of administrative units: Public Relations (1950-1953), Department of Public Information and Business Promotion (1954-1958, 1967), Department of Public Information (1959-1966, 1968), Department of Information and Commercial Affairs (1969-1978), and Department of Information (1979-1985).