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The New York State Committee Served as the Board of Directors of MHANYS in the mid-1970s during the period when the NAMH took over operation of MHANYS. The Executive Committee of MHANYS is composed of the officers of the board and is responsible for decision-making between board meetings. Subjects covered in the Executive Committee meetings involve the full range of MHANYS organizational, policy, advocacy, and project issues. The subseries also includes minutes and other records of committees of the MHANYS board. Of particular importance is the Government Affairs Committee, which sets priorities for MHANYS regarding advocacy with the government of New York State and other public entities within the state regarding mental health policy issues. The Resource Development Committee explored fundraising opportunities and the Special Committee to study MHANYS's Future was created in 1972 to deal with a funding shortfall and dispute with the national organization are also important. The Professional Advisory Committee was a committee of psychiatrists and psychologists who advised the board of MHANYS about mental health issues.

The Articles are arranged alphabetically by author's name. The files contain correspondence, memoranda, drafts of articles, galleys, reprints, resource material for articles, and clippings. The articles were submitted to Rabinowitch for publication in the BAS and may or may not have actually been printed. Articles which Rabinowitch himself may have written for the Bulletin are not included here but have been placed in Series 5 with his other writings.

Material relating to the Taylor Law and collective bargaining issues is included here, as well as documents relating to a lawsuit against the University Faculty Senate, et al.

Included in the Annual Delegate Meetings subseries are agendas, resolutions, and bylaws under consideration, officer reports, lists of delegates, committee reports, and meeting minutes. Annual Delegate Meetings are held on a yearly basis over a three or four day period.

This sub-series contains correspondence of individual University at Albany Senators interspersed with other material in some cases. The sub-series was assembled from original files labeled miscellaneous, and several folders of mixed correspondence pertaining to the business of the University Faculty Senate.

This series includes correspondence (595 letters) with colleagues, as well as correspondence relating to Bates' admission to law schools, admission to the New York State bar in 1957, admission to the Massachusetts State Bar in 1963, in addition to correspondence concerning various legal matters. Most notable among the correspondents are: Hermann J. Abs, Walter J. Derenberg, Martin Domke, Fritz Heßler, Joseph Kaskell. This sub-series also contains Bates' correspondence with the Berlin Entschädigungsamt (reparations bureau), 1955-1973.

The records in the subseries Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) consist of contact information, correspondence, surveys, brochures, meeting minutes, planning documents, research material, conference records, fact sheets, and publications (draft and final). Additional material such as slides, videotapes, and HCWH pins are present as well. In New York State, Health Care Without Harm focused on environmental concerns in health care, particularly in hospitals. CEC collected research material about environmental issues in health care dating back to 1994, two years prior to the founding of the national Health Care Without Harm campaign in Bolinas, California. The earliest records documenting CEC activities in the HCWH campaign were those related to dioxin and incineration activities. As its activity level increased, CEC became involved in efforts to stimulate environmentally friendly purchasing policies and improve waste management in hospitals, which led to publications such as Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and "Greening" Hospitals, as well as a conference called "Cutting Costs, Reducing Waste, and Buying Smart". Outreach records discuss mercury reduction, waste management efforts, worker safety, and patient safety issues. A significant amount of the records document activity in New York City, particularly after a grant-funded coordinator was hired to focus on advocacy in this part of the state. CEC's records include an Environmental Curriculum for Healthcare Administrators completed in 2002.