SPOTLIGHT ON: NYC HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION

Human Resources Administration (HRA) was established by Mayor John Lindsay's Executive Order No. 28 dated August 15, 1966. The agency oversees various social services and programs that assist New Yorkers in need of them. Here is an overview of some of the publications of HRA that can be found in the City Hall Library collection.

Annual Reports from HRA were published in 1969, 1972, 1976 and 1987. This publication contains information on various programs and accomplishments of the agency along with statistics. Commissioner's Special Report, published in April 2005, discusses activities and achievements of HRA for 2004-2005 and offers various statistics. Future goals and objectives are also considered. A Time of Examination, a Time of Discovery, a Time of Accomplishment: January 2002 - June 2003 is a similar publication reviewing HRA programs and accomplishments.

District Resource Statement is an annual compilation of data prepared for the city's community boards by various city agencies and coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget. The report for HRA presents information on services offered directly or through contracted agencies in each community district. Included is statistical information on population, household income, and number of recipients for such programs as public assistance, Medicaid and food stamps. Also, there are listings of both HRA offices and outside contractors that provide services to the community districts. You can find copies of this publication dating back to the first issue in 1982, in the City Hall Library.

Over the years, HRA research analysts have prepared reports on such topics as Medicaid expenditures and recipient population, food stamp programs, public assistance recipients and the cost of welfare, and HIV/AIDS services. For example, Dependency, published semi-annually from 1984 to 1988, is a report on both poverty and social service programs offered by HRA which includes numerous statistical tables and charts. Low-Income Populations in New York City: Economic Trends and Social Welfare Programs, published annually from 1994 to 1996 by HRA and United Way of New York, was the successor publication.

Welfare Reform in Motion examines the recent changes made in public assistance programs by HRA/ Department of Social Services (DSS). Discussed are reworking of service delivery, restructuring and modernizing DSS operations, and programs to encourage self-sufficiency in welfare recipients among other issues. Future goals and objectives are examined, too.

Find out more about the history of HRA by using the vertical files. Among the materials to be found are organizational charts, booklets and news articles. Biographical files offer articles and other clippings on HRA Commissioners

Also of interest are reports published by predecessor agencies such as Department of Public Charities and Department of Welfare. Annual Reports and other publications contain useful historical information and statistics from the nineteenth century to the 1960's. Explore the resources described here and numerous others in the rich and varied collection of the City Hall Library in order to learn more about the Human Resources Administration and the history of social services in New York City.

ACQUISITIONS LIST, AUGUST 2006

The following publications were received by the City Hall Library in the month of August. Additional government publications can be found online in our Government Publications section.

Baker Engineering NY, Inc.
Preliminary design and investigation report: reconstruction of 10th Avenue, between 206th Street and 218th Street, Borough of Manhattan. Prepared for N.Y. City. Department of Design and Construction. Revised November 2005.

Bergoffen, Celia J.
New 120th Police Precinct, Staten Island phase IA archaeological assessment report. Prepared for Karlsberger Architecture, PC and N. Y. City Police Department. July 21, 2006.

Bergoffen, Celia J.
Phase IA archaeological assessment report: Randall's Island Water Park, Randall's Island, New York. Prepared for Philip Habib & Assocs. May 20, 2001.

Bergoffen, Celia J.
Plaza at the hub: phase IA archaeological assessment report. Prepared for Philip Habib and Associates, January 17, 2006.

CITY/SCAPE: Cultural Resource Consultants.
Phase IA archaeological and historic sensitivity evaluation: 165 & 169-173 Skillman Street..., Brooklyn. Prepared for Moore Development, June 2006.

Daniel Frankfurt, PC and RBA Group.
Preliminary Design investigation report and technical supplements: Albert Road area, Borough of Queens. Prepared for N. Y. City Department of Design and Construction. June 2006.

Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.
State of New York City's housing & neighborhoods, 2005. New York: New York University, August 2006.

Greenhouse Consultants, Inc.
Archeological and historical sensitivity evaluation: 723 East Ninth Street..., Manhattan. Prepared for Lower East Side Coalition Housing Development, Inc. Revised, March 2005.

Grossman and Associates, Inc.
Archaeology of Civil War era water control systems on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York. Prepared for N. Y. C. Housing Authority, May 12, 1995.

Historical Perspectives, Inc.
Addendum: review of Flushing Center archaeological evaluations (1986 and 1988) as per revised LPC Review Regulations (2002) and current research issues. May 1, 2006.

Historical Perspectives, Inc.
Markham Gardens Proposed Residential Development: Phase IA archaeological assessment, Staten Island. Prepared for Urbitran Associates, July 2006.

Historical Perspectives, Inc.
Phase IA archaeological assessment: World Trade Center Memorial and Redevelopment Project.... Prepared for AKRF, Inc., November 2003.

Historical Perspectives, Inc.
Stage IB archaeological field survey: 30-32 Bond Street, Manhattan, New York. Prepared for AKRF, Inc., November 2005.

Historical Perspectives, Inc.
Topic intensive archaeological study: World Trade Center Memorial and Redevelopment Project site.... New York, New York. Prepared for AKRF, Inc. March 2004.

John Milner Associates, Inc.
Foley Square Federal Courthouse and Office Building: final research design for archaeological and historical investigations of Five Points (courthouse block) New York, New York. Prepared for Edwards and Kelcey Engineeers, Inc. and United States General Services Administration, November 30, 1993.

Loorya Alyssa and Christopher Ricciardi.
Martin's Field - Phase II Project, Queens. Prepared for N. Y. City Department of Parks and Recreation and Landmarks Preservation Commission, May 2006.

Loorya Alyssa and Christopher Ricciardi.
Phase IA archaeological documentary study for the proposed development of 102 and 104 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. Prepared for Moshe and Ehaya Stermand. Landmarks Preservation Commission, June 2006.

Loorya Alyssa and Christopher Ricciardi.
Phase IA archaeological documentary study for the proposed development of 63-65 Columbia Street..., Brooklyn, N.Y. Final Report. Prepared for Gamala Enterprises and N.Y.C. Landmarks Preservation Commission, November 2004.

Loorya Alyssa and Christopher Ricciardi.
Rufus King Manor, Rufus King Park: Tree Placement Monitoring Project, Queens, New York. Prepared for N. Y. City Department of Parks and Recreation, April 2006.

Louis Berger Group, Inc.
Phase IA archaeological resource assessment: Rockaway Boulevard site, ... Jamaica, Queens. Prepared for Metropolitan Transportation Authority, N. Y. City Transit, Department of Buses. November 2005.

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Addendum to the Phase IA historical assessment of proposed City Tunnel Number 3..., Borough of Manhattan, New York. Prepared for N. Y. City Department of Environmental Protection, October 14, 2005.

N. Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the New York City Police Department Data Center. August 14, 2006. (Report no. 7745).

N. Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of.
Pandemic influenza preparedness and response: plan. July 2006.

N. Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of.
Report of City Council on Local Law 30: public access defibrillator use in New York City. July 5, 2006.

N. Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of.
Report to the New York City Council on progress in preventing childhood lead poisoning in New York City, 2004. [2006].

N. Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of.
2005 NYC beach surveillance and monitoring program summary. October 2005.

N. Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of. Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control.
Annual report 2004. [2006].

N. Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of. New York City Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
Annual report 2004. May 2006.

N. Y. City. Human Resources Administration.
Welfare reform in motion... 2006.

N. Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
Analysis of the Mayor's executive budget for 2007. (IBO Fiscal Brief). May 2006.

N. Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
Tuition a rising share of CUNY revenue as state share falls. (IBO Fiscal Brief). July 2006.

N. Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
American Telephone & Telegraph Company Building: designation report. July 25, 2006.

N. Y. City. Public Advocate.
Making the team: gender inequality in New York City PSAL sports teams. A report. August 2006.

N. Y. State. Deputy Comptroller for the City of New York.
Review of the financial plan of the City of New York. July 2006. (Report 5-2007).

Novak, Suzanne and Seema Shah.
Paper think: the flimsy facade of campaign finance laws in New York. New York: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, 2006.

Ralay, Becca.
Rewards of giving: an in-depth study of older adults' volunteer experiences in urban elementary schools. Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures, June 2006.

Regional Plan Association.
Balanced housing for a smart region: policies for addressing the housing problems of the New York Metropolitan Region. New York, July 2006.

Stone, Linda.
Report on archaeological testing in advance of improvements associated with the drainage and termite project at Rufus King Park, Jamaica, Queens. Prepared for Fredante Construction Corp. May 1, 1998.

Stone, Linda.
Report on archaeological testing in advance of improvements associated with the fence project at Rufus King Park, Jamaica, Queens. Prepared for Gazebo Contracting, Inc. August 15, 1997.

URS Corporation.
Preliminary design and investigation report for: Worth Street PDI from Hudson Street to Park Row, with technical supplements. Prepared for N. Y. City Department of Design and Construction. June 6, 2006.

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