New York State Assembly Public Information Office Transcripts of Assembly Debates
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
41.4 cubic feet
(including 220 volumes)
Arrangement
Chronological by date of proceeding.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of verbatim transcripts of debates in the Assembly legislative sessions. The records are typescript copies from notes taken by the Assembly Stenographer and are contained in looseleaf binders. The debates contain the names of speakers and a complete record of what was said on the floor of the Assembly.
Stenographic notes of Assembly debates have been taken since 1872 (Assembly Rule #70), but were not made available to the public until 1972. Transcripts of these debates, furthermore, were not available until 1974 when a change in the rule provided that daily records shall be made available "at a place designated by the Speaker within ten days following the date upon which the proceedings took place." Transcripts are available at the Assembly Public Information Office.
Related Material
Transcripts of Assembly debates, 1973-present, are available from the New York State Assembly's Public Information Office.
Other Finding Aids
Available at Repository
L0016-86: Box 22 contains an index to the debates arranged by date of proceedings. The index contains the following information: volume number, date, number of bill or resolution discussed, subject of bill or resolution, speaker, and pages containing the discussion.
L0016-88: Index in Box 1
L0016-04: Photocopy of index, 1974-1979, arranged by date of proceedings.
Container list for each accretion is available at the repository.
Location of Originals
Transcripts of Assembly debates, 1973-present, are available from the New York State Assembly's Public Information Office.
Processing Information
L0016-04: This accession resulted from a project by State Archives staff in 2004 to identify, describe, and accession previously unaccessioned indexes.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.