Contact

Please call 311 or 212 NEW-YORK (212-639-9675) if you are calling from outside NYC. For info on Dept. of Records services, go to 311 Online.

Contact Us Online:

If you are not sure who will be able to address your concern, please email the Commissioner; we will make sure your concern is properly directed:

• Email the Commissioner 

For questions about genealogical research:

• Email the Vital Records Center

For general research questions:

• Email the Municipal Archives and Library

All Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests to DORIS should be submitted via NYC OpenRECORDS.

• Records Access Officer: Kenneth Cobb, Assistant Commissioner.
• Records Appeals Officer: Pauline Toole, Commissioner.

Visit or Write to Us:

Department of Records and Information Services
31 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007

Open to the Public: 

The Municipal Library and Archives' public research rooms at the New York City Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS) are open to the public with appropriate health and safety protocols in place. The research rooms are open from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Please e-mail research@records.nyc.gov to make an appointment.

• For questions about genealogical research or to schedule an appointment regarding family history: familyhistory@records.nyc.gov
• For general research questions or to schedule an appointment: research@records.nyc.gov

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