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The series consists mainly of correspondence and meeting minutes of the New York Temporary State Lobbying Commission regarding lobbying regulations and documentation on two court cases involving the commission, the most prominent being "Hobday, et al., v. the New York Temporary State Commission on Regulation of Lobbying." As an early advocate of the creation of the Lobbying Commission, NYSCC was represented on the commission by its director. The series also contains an analysis of New York State government agency logs, NYSCC lobbying registration forms, lobbying reports and studies on the amount of money spent on lobbying by business interests. New York State Common Cause

This series includes questionnaires used to survey state senators and assemblypersons as well as defeated candidates to ascertain their views on issues such as campaign funding, tax reform, broadcasting regulations, the bottle bill, the cost of education, legislative reform, PAC regulation, lobbying reform, conflict of interest in the legislature, and the public financing of campaigns. These files also include tabulations of these surveys which NYSCC used to map out strategy.