New York State Senator Dean G. Skelos Archived Websites B2259

New York State Senator Dean G. Skelos Archived Websites

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Dean G. Skelos.

Creator:

New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1985-2015 : Dean G. Skelos)

Title:

Senator Dean G. Skelos archived websites

Quantity:

2 website(s)

Inclusive Dates:

2006, 2008

Series Number:

B2259

Administrative History

Senator Dean G. Skelos, a Republican, was first elected to the Senate in 1984. He represents the 9th Senate District, which consists of southeastern Nassau County. He has chaired the Standing Committee on Aging and the Task Force on Economic Recovery and Job Development and co-chaired the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment and the Joint Committee on Breast Cancer and Pesticides. He has also served as Deputy Majority Leader (1995-2008), Minority Leader (2009-2010), and Majority Leader (2008-2009, 2011-2015).

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Dean G. Skelos. Researchers should note that in 2009, each Senator was allotted space on the main Senate website and the official sites of individual Senators were removed from the live Web.

B2259-07: This accretion consists of an archival copy of Senator Skelos's official website produced on December 26, 2006, shortly before Governor George E. Pataki (1995-2006) left office. It contains biographical information; photographs; a district map; and press releases (2000-2006) concerning legislation that Senator Skelos sponsored, state funding for programs and services in the 9th Senate District, and other matters of interest to Senator Skelos's constituents. Also included is information about the "NextGen" Task Force on Economic Development and the Emerging Industries; school aid and tax relief provisions in the 2006-07 Executive Budge; and the Nassau 2010 Advisory Commission, the Center for Innovation and Excellence in Homeland Security in Bethpage, the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, and other Long Island-focused initiatives.

B2259-08: This accretion consists of a copy of Senator Skelos's official website produced on June 12, 2008, shortly after the resignation of Governor Eliot L. Spitzer (2007-2008). It contains biographical information, photographs, a district map, and press releases (2008) concerning Long Island housing legislation, a public hearing concerning possible abuses of the state pension system in Long Island school districts, and other matters of interest to Senator Skelos's constituents. Information about state aid to Long Island schools and Senate proposals to reduce property and other taxes and a "blog post" with eight citizen comments concerning Memorial Day are also included.

Researchers should note that, owing to the structure of the live site and the limitations of Web archiving technology, most of the information contained within this site could not be captured properly in mid-2008. In addition, some of the navigational links do not work properly. However, identical sets of navigational links appear at the top and the bottom of each page. If the link in one set does not work correctly, click the Web browser's Back button and then click on the corresponding link in the other set.