Correspondence and subject files, 1961-1963.
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New York (State). Executive Dept.
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The Executive Department resulted from the constitutional reorganization of State government in 1925. Prior to reorganization, the executive branch of the government had grown to include nearly 200 administrative departments, boards, and commissions. Constitutional amendments in 1925 and 1927 abolished or significantly consolidated these offices and expanded the power of the executive office. In 1925 an amendment provided for the consolidation of all administrative agencies into not...
New York (State). Moreland Commission on Welfare.
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Spurred by the loss of public confidence in public welfare objectives and programs and the lack of understanding of facts relating to aid, care, and support of the needy, Governor Nelson Rockefeller appointed the 11-member Moreland Commission on Welfare on August 30, 1961. The commission was directed to study and make recommendations concerning laws, practices, procedures, costs, and organization of public welfare programs. The commission focused its study on the area of...
New York (State). Governor
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Articles I and IV of the State Constitution authorize the governor to grant executive clemency to convicted criminials (Executive Law, Sections 15-19). Among the types of clemency offered is restoration of citizensip rights, by which the governor restores civil rights lost as a result of a conviction (e.g. right to vote, right to hold public office). From the description of Restoration of citizenship rights application ledgers, 1857-1902. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id...
