SPOTLIGHT ON: ELECTIONS
Election Day is approaching, November 2 to be exact. There are many
choices to make that will affect the voters for years to come. The City
Hall Library includes many resources on elections for the researcher,
interested voter or anyone else just curious. This article provides just
a small sample of what can be discovered.
The New York City Board of Elections has issued annual reports for 1909
to 1969 and 1987 to 2001.Results of all New York City elections that
took place that year are published and the statistics for all candidates
including minority parties are given. This report might be a good place
to find out who won the election for Queens Borough President in 1933,
for example. Also, the City Record published Official Canvass of Votes,
from the early twentieth century to the 1970’s, which organizes
voting statistics for each year’s election by county, type of election
and districts. National as well as state and local races are covered.
Useful information on voter registration and turnout may be found. Actual
lists of registered voters from 1965 to 1975 by borough and Assembly
District can be located in the collection, too.
Citizens Union publishes a Voter’s Directory for each yearly primary
and general election. The Library keeps these directories from 1953 to
the present. Background is given on all candidates and ballot proposals
such as bond issues, along with Citizens Union recommendations. Election
district maps are also printed. The Library also has various historical
election maps in its collection, dating from the nineteenth century to
the present.
Election maps from 1960 to 1998 can be accessed in the file drawers
in the main reference room.
Vertical files feature newspaper and magazine articles on elections
and election results dating back to the 1960’s. Not only city and
state but Presidential elections are covered and newspapers like the
New York Times, Daily News and discontinued papers such as the New York
Herald Tribune are represented. These files also include background articles
on the elections.
Another excellent source is the Politics vertical files. Not only are
there newspaper and magazine articles about candidates and elected officials
but you can also find original campaign literature. In 1961, Robert Wagner
appealed to minority voters in English and Spanish to vote for him in
the primary election for Mayor. The original flyers are here. Also, there
is a Robert F. Kennedy for Senator Poster and a packet of campaign materials
from John Lindsay in 1969.
For background on the municipal election of 1989 which brought David
Dinkins, the first African-American Mayor to power, there is Changing
New York City Politics by Asher Arian, Arthur S. Goldberg, John H. Mollenkopf
and Edward T. Rogowsky. The authors explore the background of the Mayoral
campaign and election and try to analyze the key issues in the election.
ACQUISITIONS LIST, SEPTEMBER 2004
The following publications were received by the City Hall Library
in the month of September. Additional government publications can be
found online in our Government
Publications section.
AKRF, Inc., et al.
IKEA Redhook: final environmental impact statement. August 27, 2004
(CEQR No. 03DCP041K)
Baim, Earl J., P.E.
September 11, 2001: a personal account as witnessed by
civil engineer at the St. George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, N.Y. 2002.
Bernardin, Tom.
The Ellis Island immigrant cookbook. Arlington, TX:
University of Texas Arlington Press, 1991.
Citizens Union.
Voter directory: primary election. September 14, 2004.
CITY/SCAPE: Cultural Resource Consultants.
Block 595, Lots 66 & 68, 328 Spring Street, & 489
Washington St., Manhattan: response to Board of Standards
and Appeals. Prepared for Sheldon Lobel, PC. July 2001.
CITY/SCAPE: Cultural Resource Consultants.
Block 2030, 3032 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY: stage 1A
literature review and sensitivity analysis. Prepared for J.
Randazzo, c/o Petraro & Jones, LLP. February 2004.
Dolfman, Michael L. and Solidelle F. Wasser.
9/11 and the New York City economy. (Reprint from
Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 127, no. 6 (June 2004).
Geismar, Joan H.
Reconstruction of the Washington Square Arch...,
Washington Square Park, Manhattan: archaeological dry well
monitoring. Prepared for N.Y.C. Dept. of Parks and Recreation. April 2004.
Good Jobs New York.
LMDC: they're in the money; we're in the dark. A review
of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's use of 9/11 funds. August
2004.
Greenhouse Consultants Incorporated.
Phase 1B archaeological survey Brookside Loop
Development, Staten Island, NY. Prepared for FSKPage Construction Corp. April
2004.
Henningson, Durham & Richardson.
Commercial Waste Management Study: consolidated executive
summaries, vols. 1-6. Prepared for N.Y. City Department of Sanitation. March
2004.
Historical Perspectives, Inc.
Methodist Episcopal Cemetery intensive documentary study,
Second Avenue New York, NY: Second Avenue Subway. December 2003.
Historical Perspectives, Inc.
Phase 1A documentary study: Queens Crossing mixed use
development project site: Flushing, NY. Prepared for Urbitran Associates, Inc.
March 2004.
Historical Perspectives, Inc.
St. Philips Episcopal Church Cemetery intensive
documentary study, Chrystie Street, New York, NY: Second
Avenue Subway. Prepared for Allee King Rosen and Fleming, Inc. June 2003.
Historical Perspective, Inc.
St. Stephens Church and Cemetery intensive documentary
study, Chrystie Street, New York, NY: Second Avenue Subway. Prepared for Allee King Rosen & Fleming, Inc. December 2003.
Historical Perspectives, Inc.
Shearith Israel Cemetery intensive documentary study St.
James Place, New York, NY: Second Avenue Subway. December
2003. Prepared for Allee King Rosen & Fleming, Inc.
John Milner Associates, Inc.
After Sullivan Street: archaeological investigations at
81-85 West Third Street, New York University Law School
expansion, New York, NY. Prepared for N.Y. Univ. School of Law. Nov. 2003
John Milner Associates, Inc.
Archaeological investigations on Block 457, Lot 1
(formerly 4 E. First St.) Proposed Extra Place Apartments,
N.Y., N.Y. Prepared for Phipps Houses. June 2004.
John Milner Associates, Inc.
Phase 1A/1B cultural resources survey of the General
Grant National Memorial...Riverside Drive, N.Y. Prepared for
National Park Service Center, Denver. August 2004.
John Milner Associates, Inc.
Phase 1B archaeological survey: proposed Tuscan Garden
and Vineyards, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, S.I., NY. Prepared for N.Y.C. Dept. of Parks and Recreation. May 2004, Rev. June 2004
Louis Berger & Associates, Inc.
Archaeological test pit excavations: Whitehall Ferry
Terminal Project, New York, NY. Prepared for N.Y. City
Economic Development Corporation.... January 2000 (Final).
Manhattan. Borough President.
1998 strategic policy: fulfilling the promise of
Manhattan for all. September 1998.
Manhattan. Borough President.
2002 strategic policy statement: Manhattan post 9/11. September 2002.
NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign.
Third annual "pokey" award to slowest city buses. September 23, 2004.
N.Y. City. City Planning, Department of, and Citywide Administrative Services.
Citywide statement of needs for city facilities / fiscal
years 2005 and 2006. 2004.
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the building information system of the
Department of Buildings. September 27, 2004. (Report no. 7606)
N.Y. City. Council.
Adding insult to injury: no school nurse available. June 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Fair or foul? New York City public schools. June 21, 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Emergency contraception: available at a hospital
emergency room near you? April 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Emergency contraception: available at your city health clinic? May 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Expanding digital opportunity in New York City public
schools: profiles of the innovators and leaders who make a difference. June
2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Ready or not? New York City emergency preparedness
summit. Briefing paper. May 10, 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
NYCHA housing: access granted. June 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Swimming in trash? A look into cleanliness at NYC beaches. August 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Tax preparers: still taking advantage by not disclosing. April 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Teacher attrition and retention: a staff report of the
New York City Council Investigation Division. May 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Transitional and emergency AIDS housing: in urgent need of repair. June 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Underfunding urban America: how the federal government
short changes New York City, Chicago & Los Angeles. August 29, 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Revenue notes: as earned income tax credit for New York City. July 2004.
N.Y. City. Council.
Revenue notes: a strong end to fiscal 2004. August 2004.
N.Y. City. Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding.
Sea View Senior Living Project, Staten Island, NY: draft
environmental impact statement. March 2004 (CEQR No. 02DME006R)
N.Y. City. Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding.
Sea View Senior Living Project, Staten Island, NY: final
environmental impact statement. June 2004. (CEQR No. 02DME006R)
N.Y. City. Education, Department of.
Class of 2000 final longitudinal report: a three-year
follow-up study. March 2004.
N.Y. City. Education, Department of.
Class of 2003 four year longitudinal report and 2002-2003
event dropout rates. March 2004.
N.Y. City. Education, Department of.
Evaluation of the New York City Department of Education
summer school 2003 program. October 2003.
N.Y. City. Education, Department of.
2003 ranking of elementary and middle schools by English
language arts achievement with similar school achievement
comparisons. March 2004.
N.Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of.
Health disparities in New York City: a report. 2004.
N.Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
Despite recession, welfare reform and labor market
changes limit public assistance growth. August 2004. (IBO Fiscal Brief)
N.Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
High school overcrowding eases, but 75% of students still
in schools over capacity. (IBO Inside the Budget) September 7, 2004.
N.Y. City. Interagency Coordinating Council on Youth(ICC).
Annual report fiscal year 2003.
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
(Former) Long Island Headquarters of the New York
Telephone Company. Sept. 21, 2004. Designation list 356.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
Crowded classes: how 4th 5th and 6th graders are left
behind. October 1, 2002.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
All work and no play: a survey of access to physical
activity in New York City public elementary schools.... March 2004.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
The cold shoulder: NYC's poor get short-changed on
heating assistance. February 2004.
N.Y. City Public Advocate.
Failed by the system: a review of preventable child
fatalities in the child welfare system. January 2004.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
Families at risk: a report on New York City's child
welfare services. December 9, 2002.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
Inequitable enforcement: the crisis of housing code
enforcement in New York City. With the Association for
Neighborhood and Housing development, Inc. September 29, 2003.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
New York City hunger hotline: service leave callers empty handed. May 2004.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
Out in the cold: NYC does not get its fair share of
heating assistance. January 2004.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
The Public Advocate: solving everyday problems: annual
report 2001-2002. November 11, 2002.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
Still waiting for your call...: a follow-up survey of New
York City Department of Education Parent Coordinators. July 2004.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
When the lights go out in New York City...: a survey of
New York City senior centers by the Office of the Public Advocate. November
2003.
New York City Transit Riders Council.
Hit or miss...: a survey of New York City subway stations. August 2004.
N.Y. City. Sanitation, Department of.
Commercial waste management study: draft scope of work
for public comment and related documents. March 3, 2003.
N.Y. City. Sanitation, Department of.
Commercial Waste Management Study: final scope of work. July 31, 2003.
N.Y. City. Sanitation, Department of.
Commercial Waste Management Study request for
information: new and emerging solid waste management and
recycling technologies and approaches. March 31, 2004.
N.Y. City. Sanitation, Department of.
Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan: SEQRA/CEQR
environmental assessment statement and notice of
determination (positive declaration). May 2, 2002.
N.Y. City. Sanitation, Department of.
Draft scoping document for the City of New York
Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan: draft
environmental impact statement. May 2004.
N.Y. City. Sanitation, Department of.
Reengineering initiatives 1994-2001. [2002]
N.Y. City. Sanitation, Department of.
Request of expressions of interest to provide waste
disposal capacity. February 2, 2004.
N.Y. City. Sanitation, Department of.
Request for proposals to accept, process and market NYC
recyclables. July 31, 2003.
N.Y. City. Sanitation, Department of.
Request for proposals to accept, process and market NYC
recyclables. Addenda one and two. September 2003.
N.Y. State. Comptroller.
Current trends in the New York City economy. September
2004. (Report 6-2005)
N.Y. State. Comptroller.
Energy cost reduction at Mitchell-Lama Housing
developments: New York City Housing Preservation and
Development. Sept. 16, 2004. (Report 2003-N-2)
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Second follow-up audit on Department of Education
internal controls over its data center. September 27, 2004. (Report no. 7607)
N.Y. State. Comptroller.
Selected payroll practices George Motchan Detention
Center: New York City Department of Correction. September
23, 2004. (Report 2003-N-6)
Panamerican Consultants, Inc.
Phase 1A Jamaica Bay Islands Ecosystem Restoration
Project, Brooklyn (Kings) and Queen County, N.Y.: final
report. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.... June 2004.
Philip Habib & Associates.
Archaeological assessment report: phase 1A
Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning. 2 parts. Prepared for
N.Y. City Dept. of City Planning. April 2004.
Public Archaeology Laboratory.
Phase 1A and phase 1B archaeology field investigation:
Hamilton Grange National Memorial Site and St. Nicholas
Park, N.Y., N.Y. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. May 2004.
Urbitran Associates, Inc.
New York City Comprehensive Commercial Waste Management
Study: preliminary report. June 2002.
Schaller Consulting.
The changing face of taxi and limousine drivers: U.S.,
large states and metro areas and New York City. July 6, 2004.
Schaller Consulting.
Higher pay, safer cabbies: an analysis of the
relationship between driver incomes and taxi crashes in New
York City. Prepared for Transportation Alternatives. January 2004.
Schaller Consulting.
Mode shift in the 1990s: how subway and bus ridership
outpaced the auto in market share gains in New York City. August 8, 2001.
Schaller Consulting
The New York Taxicab fact book. June 2004.
Schaller Consulting.
Taxi and livery crashes in New York City, 1990-1999. February 28, 2001.
Staten Island. Borough President.
Strategic policy statement, 1998.
U.S. Geological Survey.
Water resources data New York water year 2003. Volume 2, Long Island. 2004.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
[Inspection of Manhattan College Zero Power Reactor,
conducted April 8 and 9, 2004. April 26, 2004.]
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Manhattan Bridge: the troubled story of a New York monument. [2004?]
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