Public Records Free Directory Blog

The New York Attorney General’s office has a public information website designed to assist the public in finding and monitoring government information on a statewide basis. This website contains information on state elected officials, including their campaign finance reports, lobbyists and their records of who has paid them, legislative bills and supporting documents as well as records on those bills that were vetoed. There is also information on state corporations, charities and state contracts. Anyone can search this website by keyword or by using a “smart search” which accounts for misspellings, acronyms, transcription errors and other situtations that often hinder a complete search. There is also a mapping feature whereby one can browse government entities and officials by county.

The website is available in Spanish and there are also video tutorials to assist users. The Project Resources section provides information not only on where the database information originates from, but also provides good explanations of the data such as how a bill becomes law, what lobbyists do and what laws lobbyists are subject to.

For more New York or other state, county, or city public information resources, please visit the Free Public Records Directory.