''The City Record'' is the

official journal A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establish ...

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. It is published each weekday (except legal holidays) and contains legal notices produced by city agencies, including notices of proposed and adopted rules,

procurement Procurement is the process of locating and agreeing to terms and purchasing goods, services, or other works from an external source, often with the use of a tendering or competitive bidding process. The term may also refer to a contractual ...

solicitations and awards, upcoming public hearings and meetings, public auctions and property dispositions, and selected court decisions. Despite the publication's importance, long history, and influence—many city projects are required to be announced in the paper—the existence of the ''Record'' is not well known. The codified local laws of NYC are contained in the ''

New York City Administrative Code The ''Administrative Code of the City of New York'' contains the codified local laws of New York City as enacted by the New York City Council and Mayor. , it contains 37 titles, numbered 1 through 16, 16-A, 16-B, 17 through 20, 20-A, 21, 21-A, and ...

'', and the regulations promulgated by city agencies are compiled in the ''

Rules of the City of New York The ''Rules of the City of New York'' (RCNY) contains the compiled rules and regulations ( delegated legislation) of New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the ...

''. Historical issues of ''The City Record'' are being digitized by the City Record Project at the

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institutio ...

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; the database contains searchable PDFs of issues from the founding of the ''Record'' in 1873 through 1947, resulting in a historical source that records every payment and contract of the city, election returns, periodic reports of city agencies, and much more. The paper was founded in the wake of multiple scandals involving the city government and

Tammany Hall Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was an American political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789, as the Tammany Society. It became the main local ...

; its publication is required by city law (

New York City Charter The New York City Charter is the municipal charter of New York City. As part of the 1898 consolidation of New York City, the New York State Legislature enacted a charter for the consolidated city (Laws of 1897, chapter 378, effective January 1, ...

§1066) and ensures that city business meets state law transparency requirements ( ''Consolidated Laws'' GMU §103 (2)). Eli Blachman has been the paper's editor since 1995. ''The City Record'' has been published online (known as CROL) since 2004.

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The City Record Online PDF Scraping Project

The City Record Project 1873–1947
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