Research

Scope and Content Note

This series contains records generated or collected by Assemblyman G. Oliver Koppell's office and pertain to the wide range of issues in which the assemblyman was involved. The records include correspondence, memoranda, printed materials, reports, draft legislation, and hearing testimony relating to other assembly members and staff of the legislature, state and local government officials, individual constituents, and representatives of various associations, organizations, and citizen coalitions.

The largest group of records pertain to Koppell's role as chairman of the Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions. One cubic foot of the records relate to the financing, operation, and maintenance of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (New York City), including three dozen photographs on MTA maintenance and safety. Two cubic feet of records relate to approximately forty topics, with the largest portions pertaining to prison reform; real property and taxation; school financing; bank redlining; and the East Hudson Parkway Authority.