New York State Legislative History Research: Introduction

Excerpt from book summary: "A comprehensive legal research guide for New York State as well as New York City law, with complete coverage of the rich legal history of the City and its current primary and secondary legal research sources."

Includes chapters on New York legislative history research and New York City research.

Researchers could use this source to identify legislative bodies, sources and libraries. Then, researchers could visit the current websites.

Description of forthcoming 2024/2025 ed. provided by Grey House Publishing:
"Section One includes three chapters: Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch of the New York State Government. This section profiles the public officials in the state’s executive departments, administrative agencies, and court system. Detailed listings of departments and agencies in Section Two.
Section Two includes over 20 chapters covering the most significant public policy issue areas from Agriculture to Veterans & Military. Arranged in alphabetical order, each Policy Area chapter identifies the state, local, and federal agencies and officials that formulate or implement policy. Each chapter ends with a list of Private Sector experts and advocates who influence the policy process.
Section Three is comprised of four chapters with state and local government information: Public Information Offices, U.S. Congress Membership & Committees, County Government, and Municipal Government.
Section Four includes three chapters—lists and contact information for Political Parties and Political Action Committees, and a Lobbying How-to Guide.
Section Five has two Business chapters—Chambers of Commerce and Economic & Industrial Development Organizations. All listings have valuable contact information and key executives.
Section Six is News Media—detailed listings for Newspapers, News Services, News Magazines, News Radio and News Television stations that serve New York State. Listings include current contact information, plus valuable key executives.
Section Seven covers Education in two chapters—New York State Colleges/Universities and Public School Districts.
Section Eight includes over 240 current, comprehensive biographies of all New York state lawmakers: Executive, New York Senate, New York Assembly, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives. All profiles include office addresses with phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses, making it easy to contact these influential individuals.
Appendices include:
A Financial Plan Overview of Cash Disbursements by Department, projected to FY 2024; a Name Index; an Organization Index; and a Geographic Index; and Demographic & Reference Maps section features four-color maps that show political districts, physical features, racial breakdown, age, income, education, congressional districts, and more."

Excerpt from book description: "Drawn from official census information, other government statistics and original research, you will have at your fingertips data that's available nowhere else in one single source."