Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments.

B2766-14: This accretion consists of a copy of the Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments website produced on February 26, 2014. It contains the text of the legislation that created the board and defined the scope of its responsibilities, information about the board's members, and annual meeting agendas, presentations, and resolutions (2013). Also included are forms and guidelines for "fiscally eligible municipalities" requesting comprehensive reviews or multi-year planning grants and for municipalities and labor unions seeking to have the board mediate a collective bargaining impasse.

B2766-19: This accretion consists of a copy of the Financial Restructuring Board website produced on December 31, 2019. It contains background information about the board and its members and annual meeting agendas, presentations, and resolutions (2013-2019). Also included are forms and guidelines for "fiscally eligible municipalities," most of which are also present in the February 26, 2014 copy of the site, and the board's comprehensive reviews of the finances and operations of "fiscally eligible" cities, towns, and villages (2014-2019).