New York State Counsel to the Governor Departments and Divisions Subject Files
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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 the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the departments and divisions
of New York State government. The counsel's responsibilities included making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting
as a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature; and advising the Governor on policy and program matters.
Much of this material relates to policy matters or to legal, legislative, jurisdictional, or administrative aspects of the
departments and divisions.
Creator:
Title:
New York State Counsel to the Governor Departments and Divisions subject files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1955-1958
Series Number:
B2338
Arrangement
Alphabetical.
Administrative History
Governor W. Averell Harriman chose Judge Daniel Gutman, President Justice of the Municipal Court of New York, as his counsel.
Mr. Gutman, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and an Assistant District Attorney
of Kings County, served in the New York State Assembly from 1938 to 1939 and the New York State Senate from 1939 to 1943.
In 1943, he was elected as a Justice of the Municipal Court and in February 1954, he was appointed President Justice.
The duties of the Counsel to the Governor included clearing and making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting as
a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature; negotiating interstate or international agreements; clearing
all contracts, as to content and form, which required the governor's signature (Power Authority contracts, etc.); making recommendations
on all appointments to the judiciary; acting as a liaison between the governor and all investigative bodies; making recommendations
on applications for pardons and clemency; and advising the governor on many policy and program matters.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the departments and divisions
of New York State government. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, press releases, messages,
clippings and bills relating to the various departments and divisions. Much of the material relates to policy matters or to
legal, legislative, jurisdictional, or administrative aspects of the departments and divisions.
B2338-18: Subjects covered in this accretion include public works projects, rent control, and mental health policy.
Related Material
13682_07Accretion 13682-07, Governor Harriman central subject and correspondence files, contains related records.
Acquisition Information
This series was transferred to Syracuse University from Governor Harriman in 1959, and was transferred to the New York State
Archives in 2006. It was accessioned in October 2011.
Access Restrictions
Records are available for inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Law, unless that law exempts particular
records from disclosure.
Access Terms
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Detailed Description
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
Accretion: B2338-11 |
|
Agriculture and Markets |
1 |
|
|
Audit and Control: State Retirement System - Deficiency Contributions from State Insurance Fund |
1 |
|
|
Banking (Small Loan Companies) |
1 |
|
| 1958 |
Budget, Division of |
1 |
|
|
Building Code Commission, State |
1 |
|
|
Civil Defense Commission, State |
1 |
|
|
Group Insurance for State Employees |
1 |
|
|
TV Presentation (Corrections) |
2 |
21 |
|
TV Presentation (Corrections) |
2 |
21 |
|
Commerce, Department of |
2 |
|
|
Conservation Department |
2 |
|
|
Alleghany Reservoir Project |
2 |
|
|
Black River Regulating District |
2 |
|
|
Erie County Water Authority |
2 |
|
|
Erie - Wyoming Soil Conservation District (Buffalo Creek) |
2 |
|
|
Hudson River Regulating District, Board of |
2 |
|
|
Lake George Water Levels |
2 |
|
|
Park Commission, Long Island |
2 |
|
|
Conservation Department - Water Power and Control Comm. |
2 |
|
|
Mianus River - Water Power Control Board - Connecticut Water |
2 |
|
| 1955-1956 |
Consumer Counsel |
2 |
|
| 1958 |
Department of Corrections |
2 |
|
|
Department of Corrections |
2 |
|
|
Governor's Anticrime Conference |
2 |
|
| 1957 |
Discrimination, State Commission Against |
2 |
|
|
SCAD, Congeressman Powell |
3 |
|
| 1957 |
Historic Sites, Education Department |
3 |
|
|
School Bond Authority - Education |
3 |
|
|
Clemency, Executive - Requests for |
3 |
|
| 1958 |
Executive Clemency, Governor's Prison Commission |
3 |
|
|
State Commission on Fire Laws |
3 |
|
|
Harness Racing Commission |
3 |
|
| 1957 |
Water Pollution Control Board |
3 |
|
|
Housing (NYC) Preuse Report |
4 |
|
|
Rent Commission, Temporary State Housing |
4 |
|
|
Insurance Automobile Liability Rates |
4 |
|
|
Insurance - Uninsured Motorists |
4 |
|
|
Insurance - Flood Insurance |
4 |
|
|
Labor, State Department of |
4 |
|
|
Industrial Council, The - Department of Labor |
4 |
|
|
Insurance Fund, State - Department of Labor |
4 |
|
|
Insurance Welfare Fund - Department of Labor |
4 |
|
|
National Labor Relations Board (Jurisdiction) |
4 |
|
|
Standards and Appeals, Board of - Department of Labor |
4 |
|
|
Workmen's Compensation Board - Department of Labor |
4 |
|
|
Workmen's Compensation Medical Fees - Department of Labor |
4 |
|
|
Workmen's Compensation (Rehabilitation) |
5 |
|
|
Moreland Act Commission |
5 |
|
| 1957 |
Attorney General, Opinions of |
5 |
|
| 1958 |
Attorney General, Memos |
5 |
|
|
Law, Department of - Attorney General |
5 |
|
|
Re: Attorney General's Election to Senate and Vacancy in Office |
5 |
|
|
Department of Law's Code of Ethics |
5 |
|
| 1958 |
Liquor Authority, State |
5 |
|
|
State Lottery Control, Commission |
5 |
|
|
Mental Hygiene - McNaughton Rule |
5 |
|
|
Chaplaincies - State Institutions - Mental Hygiene |
5 |
|
| 1955-1958 |
Military and Naval Affairs |
5 |
|
|
Military and Naval Affairs Re: Captain Morton Litwak |
5 |
|
|
Military and Naval Affairs, Division of State Federal Armory Construction |
5 |
|
|
National Guard - Army, Air, Naval |
6 |
|
|
Nassau County, Town Boards |
6 |
|
|
Nassau Management Company |
6 |
|
|
Housing Authority - New York City |
6 |
|
| 1958 |
Public Service Commission Department |
6 |
|
|
Public Works, Department of |
6 |
|
|
Social Welfare, Department of |
6 |
|
|
Standards and Purchase, Division of |
6 |
|
|
Racing Commission, Division of the (Department of State) |
6 |
|
|
State Police - Criminal Intelligence Unit with the BCI |
6 |
|
|
Bureau of Criminal Intent |
6 |
|
|
Police Training Programs |
6 |
|
|
State Police Grievance Board |
7 |
|
|
Cemetery Vandalism (State Police) |
7 |
|
|
Traffic, State Commission |
7 |
|
|
Taxation and Finance, Department of |
7 |
|
|
Motor Vehicles - Rules of the Road |
7 |
|
|
Motor Vehicles, Bureau of - Department of Taxation and Finance |
7 |
|
|
Veterans, New York State Division of |
7 |
|
|
New York State Youth Commission |
7 |
|
|
Youth and Work, Governor's Conference on |
7 |
|
|
Governor's Committee on Sale of Liquor to Minors |
7 |
|
|
Interstate Compact on Juveniles (Youth) |
7 |
|
Accretion: B2338-18 |
|
Executive Assistant to the Counsel Department and Division Subject Files, Agriculture and Markets - Mental Health Commission
(Department of Mental Hygiene)
|
1 |
|
|
Executive Assistant to the Counsel Department and Division Subject Files, Department of Mental Hygiene - Workmen's Compensation
Board
|
2 |
|
