State Government Information
Subject Librarian:
Kathy Wu
Email:
kathyw@library.rochester.edu
Phone:
585-273-5322
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- The Governor's website provides access to contact and biographical information on the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a history of state governors, and documents in HTML, PDF and text format.
- The NYS Government Information Locator Service, a cooperative project between the New York State Library and the State Archives and Records Administration, provides agency and subject access to information services provided by New York State government.
- NYSA maintains New York State government archival records. The NYSA website provides information on the institution and its services, including instructions on how to locate and use records and links to finding aids.
- Provides information on budget process, local government assistance, user's guide, archives and more. See also the Executive Budget or the Enacted Budget.
- Office of the Governor
- New York State Government Information Locator System (NYS ILS)
- New York State Archives (NYSA)
- New York State Division of the Budget
Provides the state's primary and most comprehensive source for economic and demographic data.
NYS Legislature
Full text, including bill text, Status, Summaries, Sponsor Meno and Floor Votes
Legislative Histories
A guide for researching state legislation. Maintained by The New York State Library.
New York State Assembly
Provides access to committee and public hearings calendars, a member directory, the state constitution, state laws and information on the current legislative session.
New York State Senate
Provides access laws, bills, reports, rules, member directory, and more.
The NYS Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment
Provides technical plans for meeting the requirements of legislative timetables for the reapportionment of Senate, Assembly
and Congressional districts. Conducts research projects relating to the collection and use of census data and other statistical info.
New York State Laws
The consolidated and unconsolidated laws of New York State.
Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated (Mckinney's)
- Rhees Reference Stacks KB 501 .A1co.
- New York State Constitution
- The state constitution with amendments.
New York State Unified Court System
The Unified Court System website provides access to state courts and legal resources on the internet, including juror
information, court decisions, press releases and an attorney directory.
- The website to New York State's highest court.
- An index of town and village courts and contact information.
- A list of forms for supreme, family and surrogate courts available in HTML, PDF and text formats.
- FindLaw provides access to legal resources on the internet.
- The Lawyer Locator allows one to search for lawyers and firms by name, firm, location and practice for the entire United States.
- Court of Appeals
- Town and Village Courts
- Court Forms
- FindLaw
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
Bird Checklists of the United States: New York
Compiled and maintained by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, USGS.
The Hudson River: an American Heritage Designated River
Compiled and maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
New York State Homepage
Official NY State website. Provides links to Government agencies, key issues, news, maps, state associations, and more.
New York State Office of General Service
The New York State Office of General Services provides directories to state agencies, organizations and employees as well as
browse and search features.
New York Vital Records Information
Maintained by the NYS Department of Health.
Office of the State Comptroller
Oversees the Statewide Retirement Systems, the Justice Court and Abandoned Property Programs, the fiscal affairs of local
governments, including New York City, and more. Provides auditing reports on government operations, including State Budget Report.
Oversees licensing and professional misconduct. Maintained by the NYS Education Department.
State and Local Government on the Net: New York
Links to government sponsored websites.
Links to legislative information, courts, statutes, congressional delegations, and more. Maintained by the School of Law,
Washburn University.
Resources for Other State Governments
U.S. State Government Information
- Provides links to official U.S. state government websites, and more.
- Provides links to key issues, State profiles, and State searches arranged by categories.
- Provides information on state legislatures, state/federal relations, links to other realted sites, and more.
- A directory of official state, county and city government websites..
- Access to state government information. Compiled and maintained by GovSpot.
- Provides links to State legislative information, courts, statutes, agencies, congressional delegations. Maintained by Staff of Washburn University School of Law Library.
- Compiled and maintained by the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.
- Provides access to federal information. Features a search engine and subject categories.
- Maintained by Jon Roland of the Constitution Society.
- National Association of State Information Resources
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- State and Local Government on the Net
- State Government
- StateLaw
- State Legislatures, State Laws and State Regulations
- U.S. State & Local Gateway
- U.S. State Constitutions and Web Sites
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