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This series contains correspondence, agendas, and meeting minutes arranged by committee. These dates are not inclusive. Most of the early committee files (1938-1960) were not arranged by committee but were filed simply under the title "Committees". From the 1970's on, they are organized by type of committee. The types of records within these folders are representative of all facets of work that the NYPWA has been involved in. Types of committees include Executive, Legislative, Program, Time and Place, Nominating, Audit, Entertainment, Partnership, Income Maintenance, Attorney and Legal, Medical Assistance, Mental Hygiene, Adult and Children, Fiscal, Services, Systems, Professional Development, PC User, and Disaster Preparedness. The largest committee file is the Legislative Committee. These records contain legislative proposals, legal acts, and bills.

Correspondence contained in this series deal with meeting and program planning, special events and meetings, invitations to speakers, letters of acceptance, preparations for meetings, as well as some meeting minutes. The NYPWA corresponded with all county social services offices and related officials. These dates are not inclusive as this series does not represent the only correspondence contained in the collection. Correspondence are represented in every series.

This series contains correspondence concerning bills and legislation, discussions on meeting agendas, committee reports, drafts of meeting minutes, contacts with guests speakers, and correspondence with government officials. These dates are not inclusive. The series spans the tenure of Elsie M. Bond's position as executive secretary. The first letter represented in this series is her 1932 letter to New York's Governor Roosevelt and the last is the records surrounding the Association's last name change in 1949. Miss Bond's 1949 files cover this interesting event and contain duplications of the 1918 and 1928 incorporation papers as well as a certified statement that her New York City office was in fact the organization's headquarters. See the Scope and Content note for important aspects of this series.

The Administration series contains the records of the Board of Directors and the Association's budget reports. These dates are not inclusive. The Board of Directors records (1968-1994) contain letters of nomination, directions to the association for making important decisions and changes, meeting minutes, agendas, correspondence, expenditures, and actions taken on meeting resolutions. The budgets cover most every year, but are not inclusive as some years are missing. The budget records include charts and estimates, budget proposals for the coming year, and legal issues regarding the allocation of funds.

Surveys were common during this period. These files contain many survey forms that were sent to all county commissioners to gain feedback on each county's local policy related to such subjects as child protection, cross matching, income maintenance, indigent burial, Medicaid, and state charge. These dates are not inclusive.

This series is a collection of legal related folders such as the Governor's Council, Reports to the Governor, Social Security Law, Welfare Fraud Investigation, and Welfare Inspector General. These dates are not inclusive.

This series represents a plethora of public welfare programs. There is correspondence between the many departments of social services as well as reports on specific county programs. Programs include the Child Health Assurance Program (CHAP), the State Human Investment Program (SHIP), Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), Home Relief, Medicaid, Child Support, Food Stamps, Job Training, Employment and Homeless Issues, and a few county files. Of note is an important case study of public welfare that was conducted in Newburgh, New York in 1961; a folder is dedicated to this study.