Research


Subseries 3: Subcommittee Correspondence and Final Report

Dates:
1980-1986
Physical Description:
0.25 cubic foot

Scope and Content Note:

The correspondence in this subseries primarily relates to the workforce composition statistics of state agencies and these agencies' affirmative action programs. Attached to many of the letters are charts summarizing agency workforce composition for 1983-1985. These charts are divided by occupational category and provide information on employee composition (males/females, ethnic groups, and handicapped) in relation to the work force as a whole. The correspondence files also include a draft 1985 report by the United Commission of Civil Rights on set-aside programs for women and minorities and an annotated version of a 1982 report by Angelo Falcón of the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy entitled "Puerto Rican and Latino State Government in NY: The Failure of Affirmative Action" (B3F6). Two versions of the Subcommittee on Affirmative Action's 1986 report, "Affirmative Action: The Crisis, Review of the Current Status of Affirmative Action Policies in the State of New York," are included in this subseries: a 243-page bound version (B3F2) and an unbound version (B2F20-B3F1). The report summarizes the subcommittee's investigation into affirmative action progress in the state, New York City, and selected county governments and is based on the information gathered from hearing testimony, reports, questionnaires, and statistical work force profiles. Included in the report are affirmative action policy statements by members of the subcommittee, background on legislation relating to New York's affirmative action programs including a legal brief for a 1984 United States Supreme Court Case reinforcing the need for federal affirmative action programs, statistics from state agencies summarizing 1983-1985 work force profiles, work force profiles for 1985 from New York City and from selected county governments, and copies of proposed legislation designed to protect existing affirmative action programs and to establish new programs where needed. Of note is "Attachment III, Part II" of the 1986 Subcommittee on Affirmative Action's report entitled "Latino New Yorkers and Affirmative Action" which, according to its introduction, details the "problems of Latino New Yorkers in terms of public employment and demonstrates quite graphically the need to extend the requirement for affirmative action to all levels of government in New York State" (B2F22).

Arrangement:

The correspondence is roughly arranged by date. There are two versions of the report "Affirmative Action: The Crisis." One version is unbound and can be found in B2F20 – B3F1. The second version, a bound copy of the same report, can be found in B3F2. Neither is indexed.

  

Dates Contents Box Folder

Accretion: L0103-87
1983-1985 "Affirmative Action: The Crisis": Exhibit V. Three Year Comparisons of Employment Practices (4 of 4) 3 1
1986 May "Affirmative Action: The Crisis, Review of the Current Status of Affirmative Action Policies in the State of New York" 3 2
1985 Subcommittee Correspondence (1 of 4) 3 3
1985 Subcommittee Correspondence (2 of 4) 3 4
1985 Subcommittee Correspondence (3 of 4) 3 5
1985 Subcommittee Correspondence (4 of 4) 3 6
1986 "Affirmative Action: The Crisis": Executive Summary, Policy Statements, Introduction, Attachments I-II 3 7
1984-1985 "Affirmative Action: The Crisis": Attachment III. Afro-Americans and Affirmative Action; Part I. The Legal Controversy 3 8
1985 "Affirmative Action: The Crisis": Part II. Latino New Yorkers and Affirmative Action 3 9
1980-1985 "Affirmative Action: The Crisis": Exhibit I. Population Survey of Selected Metropolitan Regions of NY State; Exhibit II. Workforce Analysis of Selected NYS Counties; Exhibit III. Employment Statistics for the City of NY 3 10
1985 "Affirmative Action: The Crisis": Exhibit IV. Questionnaires on Equal Opportunity Employment Policies and Sample Affirmative Action Plan 3 11
1983-1985 "Affirmative Action: The Crisis": Exhibit V. Three Year Comparisons of Employment Practices (1 of 4) 3 12
1983-1985 "Affirmative Action: The Crisis": Exhibit V. Three Year Comparisons of Employment Practices (2 of 4) 3 13
1983-1985 "Affirmative Action: The Crisis": Exhibit V. Three Year Comparisons of Employment Practices (3 of 4) 3 14