Government Information: State (New York & Other States)

Catalog is excellent source for NYS agency publications.

The State Archives "cares for and provides access to more than 130 million documents that tell the story of New York from the seventeenth century to the present."

State flower, flag, motto, insect, song, tree, fish, etc.

Brief facts and statistics about New York State.

New York's primary repository of economic and demographic data. Syracuse University Library is an affiliate in the New York State Data Center program.

From the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

Official state site. Links for business, employment, education, recreation, health care, etc. Includes some press releases.

Includes selected news briefs, updated daily. Key Documents includes state of the state and other addresses.

State Assembly home page. Links for Bill Search, Legislative Calendar, Public Hearing Schedules, Assembly Calendars, and Assembly Agenda.

State Senate home page. Includes schedule, rules, directory of senators, maps, biographies, press releases. Links to live senate proceedings.

Links to information services provided by New York State Government agencies, the State Legislature and the Judiciary.

The NYS Library scans documents from NYS agencies so NY State Depository Libraries can access the documents in their entirety via the web. Syracuse University Library is a research-level NY depository library. For earlier titles, see NYS microfiche and print collections in Maps & Government Information, 3rd floor Bird Library.

A compilation of New York State documents acquired by the New York State Library. This electronic version of the checklist starts with 1989. For print versions going back to 1947, see index area, Maps & Government Information, 3rd floor Bird Library

A project by the Office of the State Comptroller that identifies spending for local governments and State agencies, and displays State contracts. You can find out how much government spends on everything from travel and employees’ salaries to public safety and consultants. You can also search State contracts to see who is doing business with the State. Contains glossaries that define terms and frequently asked questions sections.

From the State of New York's Department of State Division of Administrative Rules, located on WestLaw.

Free access from SUNY Buffalo Law School to the superseded pages (“takeouts”) of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations for the years 1945-2001

Links to official state pages, online newspapers, birds, flags, etc.

Link from USA.GOV to find all US state and territorial government websites

Provides links to Agencies by State. Updated continuously by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.

Links to sites "containing full-text state constitutions, statutes (called codes or compiled laws in some states), legislation (bills, amendments and similar documents), session laws (bills that have become laws), and administrative rules."

Also groups state statutes by topic.

Provides direct links to each state's legislature, state statutory code and state administrative or regulatory code. Also provides telephone numbers (when available) to each state government operator, legislative assembly, legislative reference center, and state law library.

Guide to government-sponsored sites. Also includes links to national organizations and multi-state sites.

CSG serves the executive, judicial and legislative branches of state government through leadership education, research and information services.

Site seeks to provide comprehensive legislative information to states and share research on critical state issues. Includes recent topics in the news.

Information on state governors and the work of the bipartisan organization.

From the Pew Trusts on State trends

NCSL's mission is to advance the effectiveness, independence and integrity of legislatures and to foster interstate cooperation and facilitate the exchange of information among legislatures.

Current and archived source for state information from CSG (Council of State Governments).

Aggregates legislative information from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

Site provide searchable access that bring all legislative information together into a single uniform interface where you can track a bill from across all fifty states.

From the Pew Charitable Trust. Provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy.

Free registration to use this site. Use this search tool for state and federal legislation and regulations.