New York State Government

Directories to NYS Government Legislature Executive Departments

Courts Lobbying Local Government Other

Crumb Library is a New York State Depository Library. We receive from the New York State Library a limited collection of New York State publications. Most of these New York State documents are shelved according to the State Library's classification scheme for state documents. This collection is located near the top of the stairs on the 2nd floor. Some are listed in BearCat, but many others will only be found through the Checklist or the New York State Library Catalog - both are linked below. About the New York State Document Depository Program.

Directories and General N.Y.S. Government Information

• New York State Home Page
  
  
• New York State Agency Databases - a directory of useful state databases
• New York State Government Telephone Directory
• Citizen Guide to New York State government.
• New York State Government Online - from GovSpot
• Open Book New York - know where your tax dollars are going
• Government Information Locator - "provides a single point of access to information services provided by New York State Government agencies, the State Legislature and the Judiciary"
  
  
• Publications of New York State
  • New York State Library Catalog - "Excelsior". The most complete record of New York State government publications. It includes records for current and historical NYS documents.
  • New York State Documents: a portal to aid users in finding NYS documents
  • Checklist of Official Publications of the State of New York - annual lists from June 1989 to the present
  • Consumer Information on the Professions - "plain-language consumer information about each of the 38 professions licensed by the New York State Education Department."
  • New York State Digital Collections - from the state archives
• Statistics
  • NYS Statistical Yearbook - by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. The site includes an online version of the annual New York State Statistical Yearbook. The site includes extensive data on demographics, economics, elections, government finance, education, and more. New York State Statistical Yearbook is in paper at Ref HA 544.A2.
  • New York State Data Center - statistics about New York State (demographics, economics, and business).
  • New York QuickFacts
  • Facts, Figures, and Statistics from New York State - a directory of sources
• Law and Legislation
  • Constitution of New York State - via the Division of Administrative Rules
  • FindLaw: New York State Legal Sources - an excellent guide to law resources, both legislative and judicial, available through the web
  • N.Y. Consolidated Laws Service - via Lexis-Nexis (SUNY Potsdam only). Select the tab "legal", then click "Federal & State Codes" from the right-hand menu, then in "Select Sources" choose NY...
  • see also the links below under "Legislature"

Legislature

• NYS Senate
• NYS Assembly
• New York State Laws - for the current year. Also includes veto and approval messages
• State Laws - search word or phrase; or browse arranged alphabetically by title
• Another search service for NYS laws - at FindLaw

Executive Departments

• Governor's Office
• Executive Budget
• Enacted Budget
• NYCRR - New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations - The complete, searchable unofficial NYCRR. (New 12/2007)
• Rules and Regulations - A Guide to New York State Agencies which are making rules and regulations - listed alphabetically by agency
• Division of Administrative Rules: State Register
• New York State Digital Collections: - Choose "Browse" to browse online documents by agency.
• Departments and Offices (selected)
  • Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Board of Elections
  • Comptroller, Office of the - includes "Unclaimed Funds" - is New York State holding your money?
  • Economic Development
    • Empire State Development
    • Tourism - "I Love New York"
  • Education Department
  • Environmental Conservation
  • Family Assistance, Dept. of.
  • Health, Dept. of.
    • Vital Records
  • Labor, Dept. of. - Facts and Figures, including population estimates for NY cities, towns, villages.
  • Museum, NYS
  • Taxation : Tax Forms for NYS
  • Transportation, Dept. of

Courts

• New York State Court of Appeals (Cornell Law School site): Official Court of Appeals web site
• New York State Case Law - via Lexis-Nexis (SUNY Potsdam only) Select the tab "Legal", then select from the right-hand column "Federal & State Cases", then from "Select Sources" choose "NY Federal & State Cases, combined."
• New York State Unified Court System - includes information about N.Y.State courts and a wide variety of useful forms.

Lobbying

• Lobby Data from the Commission on Public Integrity

Local Government

• St. Lawrence County Government
• Local Government in New York - a directory from the New York State web site
• USA.gov - Local Government - nationwide

Other Sources of information on N.Y. State government

• Albany Times Union: includes an archive of news stories. A good source for reporting on New York State government. Back years of this newspaper are available on Lexis-Nexis.