New York State Counsel to the Governor Committees and Commissions Subject Files
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Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
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Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
The subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office relate to the creation, activities, and meetings of legislative
or administrative committees and commissions. The Counsel's duties included making recommendations on proposed legislation;
acting as a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature and between the Governor and all investigative
bodies; and advising the Governor on policy and program matters. Correspondence and reports in these subjects files document
include criminal insanity and home rule.
Creator:
Title:
Committees and Commissions subject files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1955-1958
Series Number:
B2336
Arrangement
Alphabetical.
Administrative History
Governor W. Averell Harriman chose Judge Daniel Gutman, President Justice of the Municipal Court of New York, as his counsel.
Mr. Gutman, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and an Assistant District Attorney
of Kings County, served in the New York State Assembly from 1938 to 1939 and the New York State Senate from 1939 to 1943.
In 1943, he was elected as a Justice of the Municipal Court and in February 1954, he was appointed President Justice.
The duties of the Counsel to the Governor included clearing and making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting as
a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature; negotiating interstate or international agreements; clearing
all contracts, as to content and form, which required the Governor's signature (Power Authority contracts, etc.); making recommendations
on all appointments to the judiciary; acting as a liaison between the Governor and all investigative bodies; making recommendations
on applications for pardons and clemency; and advising the Governor on many policy and program matters.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the creation, activities,
and meetings of legislative or administrative committees and commissions. The subjects of criminal insanity and home rule
are well documented by the records, which include both correspondence and reports.
Related Material
13682-07Accretion 13682-07, Governor Harriman central subject and correspondence files, contains related records.
Other Finding Aids
Available at Repository
Folder list.
Custodial History
This series was transferred to Syracuse University from Governor Harriman in 1959, and was transferred to the New York State
Archives in 2006. It was accessioned in October 2011.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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Detailed Description
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: B2336-11 |
| 1957 |
1957 Aging, Problems of |
1 |
|
Lake Champlain Bridge Commission |
1 |
|
Bridge Commission, Lake Champlain |
1 |
|
New York Business Development Corporation |
1 |
|
Revision and Simplification of Constitution (Constitutional Convention) |
1 |
|
Coordination of State Activites, Temporary State Commission |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Subcommittee Proceedings |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Correspondence - Members of the Governor's Subcommittee |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Correspondence - Requests for Reports |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Newspaper Clippings |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Related Reports |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Press Releases |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Mailing Lists |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Correspondence (Misc.) |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Correspondence (Invitations and Acceptances) |
1 |
|
Criminal Insanity Conference: Correspondence (Berman Article) |
1 |
|
Educational Finances, TSC |
1 |
|
NYS Temporary Study Committee on Educational TV |
1 |
|
Equalization and Assessment, State Board of |
1 |
|
Flood Control Commission |
1 |
|
Government Operations, Joint Legislative Committee |
1 |
|
Historical and Military Exhibit |
1 |
|
Home Rule (Governor's Conference on) |
1 |
|
Interstate Sanitation Commission |
2 |
|
Improper Labor Management Practices |
2 |
|
Labor Practices, Committee on |
2 |
|
Mental Retardation, Joint Legislative Committee |
2 |
|
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission |
2 |
|
Public Employee Security Procedures, Committee on |
2 |
|
Rent Commissions, Temporary State Housing |
2 |
|
Rent Commissions, Temporary State Housing |
3 |
|
Sullivan Laws - Commission to Recodify |
3 |
|
Waterfront Commission Appointments |
3 |
| 1955-1958 |
Waterfront Commission Correspondence |
3 |
