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New York State Legislative History Research: Hearings & Reports

This guide is intended to help researchers locate print and online sources for New York State Legislative History Research.

Hearings & Reports

Hearings:

Transcripts of some committee hearings may be available at the New York State Library in Albany.  Search the catalog of the New York State Library. 

Transcripts of selected committee hearings also are available for a fee from New York Legislative Service, 120 Broadway, Suite 920, New York, NY 10271, email: nylegal@nyls.org, phone: (212) 962-2826.

Reports:

Legislative committees in New York do not usually issue written reports.  If a report is issued, however, it may be obtained from the following sources:

From 1830 to 1976, New York State issued the series: New York State Legislative Documents.  This series contained a variety of legislative, executive and judicial documents.  BLS Library has print volumes of this series from 1875-1969 (KFN 5005 .N496) and microfilm of this series from the 42nd session (1919)-198th session (1975).  The last volume for each legislative session (in both the bound volumes and the microfilm) contains a subject index.  

Reports also are indexed in: A Checklist of Official Publications of the State of New York, published monthly from 1947-March 2004 in print (Z 1223.5 .N57 C43) and now available online from Sept. 1994-present through New York State Library.