Research

Scope and Content Note

This series includes the minutes of the Board of Directors of the New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI), spanning the period from 1999, when it was first established, to its dissolution in 2010 (with gaps). The minutes document the activities and decisions of artistic director Patricia Snyder, and how she personally shaped the agency. According to a 2010 State Inspector General's report, the NYSTI Board of Directors permitted Snyder, over an extended period of time, to exercise significant control and final decision-making authority over nearly every aspect of NYSTI's activities. Snyder used this authority to engage in a pattern of activities which benefited herself and members of her family in violation of the state Public Officers Law. The records also contain copies of Chapter 824 of the Laws of 1992, which established the New York State Theatre Institute as a public benefit corporation.