Transcripts of public hearings, 1953-1954.

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...

Yonkers Raceway

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Lent, Norman, 1931-2012

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Gerry, Elbridge T. (Elbridge Thomas), 1837-1927

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Elbridge T. Gerry was the president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. From the description of Letter, 1883 November 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122468513 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Lawyer, philanthropist. Gerry was an 1857 graduate of Columbia College. He founded the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and was chairman of the legislative committee that abolished hanging in favor of the electric chair as capital punishment...

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...

Fish, Hamilton, 1888-1991

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Republican Party politician in New York State, and member of United States House of Representatives, 1920-1945. From the description of Correspondence, 1921-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122346649 Republican politician, member of Congress. Fish's ancestors included his great-grandfather Nicholas Fish (1758-1833), his grandfather Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), and his father Hamilton Fish (1849-1936). From the description of Papers, 171...

Building Service Employees' International Union. Local 32-E (New York, N.Y.)

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New York State Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-mutuel Harness Racing

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This Commission was created by Executive Order on October 10, 1953 to investigate the operations and management of New York harness racing associations, corporations, and tracks and of the New York State Harness Racing Commission. The investigation was prompted by the August 28, 1953 murder of Thomas F. Lewis, President of Local 32-E, Building Service Employees International Union, A.F. of L. This union claimed jurisdiction over several hundred employees at Yonkers Racew...

Roosevelt Raceway

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