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New York State Assembly Speaker's Office 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:
These files, compiled by staff of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink, contain background information on legislative subject areas and correspondence between the Speaker and other legislators, interest groups, state agency officers, local officials, and private citizens concerning proposed legislation. Also included are memorandums, copies of bills, press releases, newsletters, and petitions. Subjects include labor, veterans affairs, infrastructure, abortion, Love Canal, and the Democratic National Committee.
Creator:
Title:
Assembly Speaker's Office subject files
Quantity:

26 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1977-1986
Bulk Dates:
bulk 1978-1986
Series Number:
L0017

Arrangement

Alphabetic by subject.

Administrative History

Stanley Fink was elected to the Assembly in 1968. He was chairman of the Codes Committee after 1975, Majority Leader after 1977, and Speaker after 1979. He retired from the Assembly in 1986.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains correspondence and background files compiled by the staff of Speaker Stanley Fink. These files contain background information on legislative subject areas and correspondence between the Speaker and other legislators, interest groups, state agency officers, local officials, and private citizens concerning proposed legislation. There are memoranda prepared by staff members providing historical background and legislative options on important issues. Other types of documents in the files include: reports (published and unpublished, many by New York state agencies); copies of bills; press releases; press clippings; newsletters from legislators; petitions; and excerpts from the Assembly Journal.

There are virtually no memoranda between the speaker and his top advisors, and virtually no notes from the frequent meetings at which policy decisions were made. Therefore, these files are not fully representative of the operations of the Speaker's Office.

The subjects of these files include: broad topics such as labor, veteran's affairs, or infrastructure; controversial topics such as abortion, Love Canal, and nuclear freeze; individual legislation (e.g. Bottle Bill); state agencies and commissioners and public and private institutions and organizations; geographic locations (e.g. New York City, Yonkers); and political or administrative topics such as delegate selection, Democratic National Committee, and interns.

At the end of the series are correspondence surveys for the years 1977-1986. These provide a statistical breakdown of correspondence received by Speaker Fink by subject or issue, pro or con orientations of the writer, and whether the writer resided in Fink's home district.

L0017-86, 23 cubic feet: records filed in Fink's Albany office.

L0017-87, 3 cubic feet: records filed in Fink's New York City office.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Folder

Accretion: L0017-86
Abortion 1 1
Adirondack North Country Association 1 2
Adirondack Park Agency 1 3
Affirmative Action 1 4
Agriculture 1 5
Aging 1 6
AIDS 1 7
Alcohol & Substances Abuse, Committee on 1 8
Apartheid 1 9
Administrative Regulations Review Commission (ARRC) 1 10
Arson 1 11
Arts 1 12
Assembly Intern Program 1 13
Ballot Pamphlet 1 14
Banking 1 15
Brooklyn's Education and Cultural Alliance (BECA) 1 16
Block Grants 1 17
Board of Canvassors 2 1
Board of Education (N.Y.C. Reorg.) 2 2
Board of Education (Large Cities) 2 3
BOCES 2 4
Bottle Bill 2 5
Brooklyn College 2 6
Brooklyn Navy Yard 2 7
Brooklyn Polytech 2 8
Brooklyn Sports Complex 2 9
Buffalo 2 10
Buy American 2 11
Cable TV 2 12
Campaign Financing 2 13
Campaign and Government Reform 2 14
Canada 3 1
Casino Gambling 3 2
Center for Women in Government 3 3
Child Abuse 3 4
Child Care 3 5
Clean Indoor Air Act 3 6
Code of Evidence 3 7
Commerce 3 8
Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities (CICU) 3 9
Common Cause 3 10
Conference of Mayors 3 11
Consumer Legislation 3 12
Convention Center 3 13
Cornell 3 14
Corporate Tax Reform 4 1
Correction 4 2
Council of State Government 4 3
Association of Counties 4 4
Court Reform 4 5
Criminal Justice 4 6
Crime Victims 4 7
Civil Service Employee Association (CSEA) 4 8
City University of New York (CUNY) 4 9
Death Penalty 4 10
Delegate Selection 1983 4 11
Democratic National Committee (DNC) 1 of 2 5 1
Democratic National Committee (DNC) 2 of 2 5 2
District 18 6 1
District 22 6 2
Downstate Medical 6 3
Drinking Age 1984 6 4
Drug Abuse 6 5
DWI 6 6
Economic Action Plan (Blueprint) 6 7
Economic Development 6 8
Hearings on Education 6 9
Education Aid Formula 6 10
Emergency Radiologic Plan 6 11
Empire State Day Care Services 7 1
Employee Assistance Program 7 2
Energy 7 3
Enterprise Zones 7 4
Environmental Conservation 7 5
ERA 7 6
Ethics Committee 7 7
Fair Deal (See Gross Receipts) 7 8
Farm Bureau 7 9
Federal Budget Cuts 8 1
Financial Services Industry 1984 9 1
Food 9 2
Fort Drum 9 3
Freedom of Information 9 4
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) 9 5
Grand Jury 9 6
Gross Receipts 9 7
Conference on Growth Industries 9 8
Handicapped 9 9
Hazardous Waste 10 1
Health 10 2
Health Care Financing 10 3
Health Systems Management 10 4
Higher Education 10 5
High Technology 10 6
Historical Records 10 7
Holocaust 10 8
Homeless 10 9
Hospitals 10 10
Housing 11 1
Human & Civil Rights 11 2
Income Tax 11 3
Income Tax Deduction 11 4
Indian Land Claims 11 5
Industrial Innovation 11 6
Infrastructure 11 7
Infrastructure Joint Economic Committee Hearing 11 8
Insurance 11 9
Intergovernmental Relations 11 10
Intern 11 11
Investment Practices 11 12
J-51 11 13
Jewish Issues 11 14
Jewish Labor Committee 11 15
Jewish War Veterans 12 1
Job Development Authority (JDA) 12 2
Job Training 12 3
Committee on Judicial Conduct 12 4
Judiciary 12 5
Junior League of Brooklyn 12 6
Juvenile Justice 12 7
Labor 12 8
Landmark Legislation 12 9
Law Department 12 10
Legislative & Judicial Salaries 12 11
Liability Insurance 12 12
Libraries 12 13
Licensing 12 14
Lobbyist List & Lobbying 12 15
Local Government 12 16
Long Island Water 12 17
Lottery 12 18
Love Canal 12 19
Mandatory Retirement 12 20
Mass Transit (MTA) 1 of 3 13 1
Mass Transit (MTA) 2 of 3 13 2
Mass Transit (MTA) 3 of 3 13 3
Medgar Evers College 13 4
Medicaid 13 5
Medical Malpractice 13 6
Medical Practice Task Force 13 7
Mental Health 13 8
Mental Retardation 13 9
Milk Dealers 13 10
Minority Businesses 13 11
Miscellaneous 13 12
Mitchell Lama 13 13
Mortgage Interest 13 14
Mortgage Legislation 14 1
Motor Vehicles 14 2
Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC) 14 3
Municipal Liabilities 14 4
National Conference of State Legislators 14 5
Neighborhood Housing 14 6
New York City 14 7
Newsletters 14 8
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) 14 9
New York Racing Association (NYRA) 14 10
Nine Mile Pt. II 15 1
Northern Ireland 15 2
Nuclear Freeze 15 3
Nuclear Power 15 4
Special Committee on Nuclear Safety (Miscellaneous) 15 5
Special Committee on Nuclear Safety (Reports) 15 6
Nurses 15 7
Nursing Homes 15 8
Office of Court Administration (OCA) 15 9
Off Track Betting 15 10
Office of General Services (OGS) 15 11
Oil Company Settlements 15 12
OMFRA 15 13
Open Meetings 15 14
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 15 15
Oversight & Analysis 15 16
Parole 15 17
Pollution Abatement Services (PAS) 15 18
Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY) 15 19
Peach Officers Bill 15 20
Peconic County 15 21
Pension Fund Investments 15 22
Pension Reform 15 23
Pilgrim State Hospital 16 1
Polytechnic Insititute of N.Y. 16 2
Port Authority of N.Y. 16 3
Power Authority 16 4
Pre-Kindergarten 16 5
Prescription Drug Program 16 6
Prime Rate 16 7
Privacy Legislation 16 8
Products Liability 16 9
Professional Services Tax 16 10
Program Development 16 11
Public Bidding-Contracts 16 12
Public Borrowing 16 13
Public Financing of Elections 16 14
Public Power 16 15
Public Utilities 17 1
Quality Education 17 2
Questionnaires 17 3
Rape 17 4
Real Estate Industry 17 5
Real Property Tax-Full Value Assessment 17 6
Real Property Tax Exemptions 17 7
Reapportionment 1 of 2 17 8
Reapportionment 2 of 2 17 9
Regents 17 10
Regulatory Reform Package 17 11
Revenue Sharing 17 12
Rochester 17 13
Rockefeller Institute of Government 17 14
Route 8 17 15
Committee on Rural Resources 17 16
Sales Tax 17 17
Savings Bank 17 18
School Boards 17 19
School Demonstration Health Program 18 1
School Funding 18 2
Science & Technology 18 3
Seat Belts 18 4
State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) 18 5
Sentencing 18 6
Sentencing Executive Advisory Committee 18 7
Sexual Harassment 18 8
Setting Municipal Priorities 18 9
Shaffer, Gail 18 10
Shopping Centers 18 11
Shoreham 18 12
State Investigation Committee (S.I.C.) 18 13
Significant Bills Passed By Assembly 18 14
Ski Areas 18 15
State Liquor Authority (SLA) 18 16
Small Business 1 of 2 19 1
Small Business 2 of 2 19 2
Small City Horror 19 3
Social Security Uncoupling 19 4
Social Services 19 5
Committee on Solid Waste Management 19 6
State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) 19 7
Soviet Jewry 19 8
Special Education-Investigation 19 9
Speaker's Seminars 19 10
Sports 19 11
Spring Creek 19 12
SSI Benefits 19 13
Starrett City 19 14
State Aid to Schools 19 15
State Legislative Leaders Foundation 19 16
State-Local Relations 20 1
State Planning Council 20 2
Statue of Liberty 20 3
Stewart Field Transfer 20 4
State University of New York (SUNY) 20 5
Commission on the Future of SUNY 20 6
Superfund 1984 20 7
Syracuse 20 8
Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) 20 9
Tax Exempt 20 10
Taxes 20 11
Tax Policy 20 12
Tax Studies Commission 20 13
Teaching as Profession 20 14
Thirty-Ninth A.D. (39th A.D.) 20 15
Tier III 21 1
Title XX 21 2
Department of Transportation 21 3
Tri-City Planning Commission 21 4
Twenty-Twenty (20-20) 21 5
Uncoupling 21 6
Urban Development Corporation (UDC) 21 7
Unemployment Insurance 21 8
University Industry Co-Operation 21 9
Veterans Affairs 21 10
Veto Overrides 21 11
Voir Dire 21 12
Voter Registration 21 13
Wage & Price Controls 21 14
Water Resources 21 15
Ways & Means Memos 21 16
Wein Certificate 21 17
Welfare 22 1
Westchester County Stadium 22 2
West Point Day 22 3
West Valley 22 4
Westway 22 5
Windfall Profits (See Gross Receipts) 22 6
Wine 22 7
Women's Issues & Organizations 22 8
Workers Compensation 22 9
Yonkers 22 10
1977-1986 Annual Correspondence Surveys 23

Accretion: L0017-87
Amex 1 1
Appointments 1 2
1981 Assembly Issue Papers 1 3
Brooklyn Delegation 1 4
Brooklyn Waterfront Jobs 1 5
Cayuga Land Claim 1 6
D.N.C. 1 7
Democratic National Committee 1 8
Washington D.N.C 1 9
D.N.C. 1 10
D.N.C. Chairman 1 11
Democratic National Convention 1 12
San Francisco, Calif. 7/15, 20 1 13
Dormitory Authority 1 14
Fink Bills, 1980 1 15
Home Heating Fuel 1 16
Infrastructure 1 17
Issue Letters 1 18
MTA 1 19
Mass Transit 2 1
MTA, Richard Ravitch 2 2
MTA, Capital Plan 2 3
MTA, Capital Plan 2 4
MTA, Capital Revitilization 2 5
New School 2 6
N.Y. Civil Liberties Union 2 7
N.Y. Racing Assn. 2 8
Nuclear Energy File, Fink 2 9
Nuclear Safety, Special Committee 2 10
Real Estate Group 2 11
Reapportionment Committee #1 of 2 2 12
Reapportionment Committee #2 of 2 2 13
Reapportionment/census 2 14
Reapportionment/census 2 15
Reapportionment/Census Briefing Materials 2 16
Reapportionment 2 17
Real Property Reassessment 3 1
Real Property Taxation 3 2
Real Property Gains Tax & Mortgage & Transfer/Tax Proposal 3 3
Science & Technology 3 4
Science & Technology LCST Partnership w/Consortium on Biomedical Technology 3 5
Science & Technology/Fulton Ferry Save the Jobs Coalition 3 6
Science & Technology/LCST Intervention Lomax Case 3 7
Science & Technology/Seafood Technology Commercial Fisheries Acqua culture 3 8
Science & Technology/Annual Report Leg. Commission on Science & Tech. 3 9
Science & Technology/LCST Commission Minutes 3 10
1980 Significant Bills Passed By Assembly 3 11
1981 Significant Bills Passed By Assembly 3 12
1982 Significant Bills Passed 3 13
1984 Significant Bills Passed By Assembly 3 14
Speaker's Press Releases #1 of 2 3 15
Speaker's Press Releases #2 of 2 3 16
Transportation Bond Issue 3 17
1978 Voting Records, Members 3 18
1980 Voting Record 3 19
White House 3 20
Wolfson, Louis E. 3 21