| Annenberg Public Policy Center |
| By conducting and releasing research, staging conferences and hosting policy discussions, Annenberg scholars have addressed the role of communication in politics, adolescent behavior, child development, health care, civics and mental health, among other important arenas. Past reports and surveys are archived. |
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| Building Code of the City of New York |
| A web version of New York City's Building Code from the Department of Buildings. |
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| Centers for Research & Policy Development |
| A list of think tanks with a customized Think Tank Search Engine from the Library at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. |
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| GovSpot |
| A non-partisan government information portal designed to simplify the search for the best and most relevant government information online. Links to government related sites, news, documents, social services, money matters, science & travel, world affairs, and politics. |
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| IPCS INCHEM |
| Peer-reviewed materials on commonly used chemicals. Includes food additives, pestcides, and poisons. "Produced through cooperation between the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)." |
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| Mayor's Management Report |
| New York City's Mayor's Management Report, released twice a year, serves as a public report card on services affecting the lives of New Yorkers. Archives from 1997. |
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| Municipal Archives |
| Founded in 1950, the Municipal Archives preserves and makes available the historical records of New York City municipal government from the early seventeenth century to the present. Besides providing information on ordering genealogical records and accessing the municipal archives and photography collections, it provides online access to New York City government publications.
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| Municipal Codes on the Internet |
| City and county codes online, organized alphabetically by state. Some available for purchase only. |
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| National Library for the Environment |
| Provides useful information on environmental issues, including access to the Congressional Research Service Reports.
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| New York City Council |
| Web site for New York City Council, lawmaking body of the City which also monitors the operation and performance of city agencies, makes land use decisions and has sole responsibility for approving the city's budget. This site includes a searchable database of NYC local laws back to 1990, and Council official reports and hearings. |
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| New York City Department of City Planning - Reference |
| The Department of City Planning provides a Census Factfinder with information available by census tract or community district and Profiles of the 59 community districts. Among the reports here is New York: A City of Neighborhoods, which offers maps of neighborhood names and community district boundaries along with geographic, demographic and economic statistics. |
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| New York City Documents |
| Columbia University's Document Service Center presents a selective guide to official documents by and about New York City and its agencies. Some documents of interest include Archives of the 107th Mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Community District Profiles, Weekly Crime Statistics, Rent Guidelines, and numerous reports on Rebuilding Downtown New York City. A section on New York City Statistics provides links to a multitude of statistics on NYC. |
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| New York State Statistics |
| The New York State Statistics website, presented by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, provides extensive statistical information on the demographics, economics, elections, government finance, public safety, housing, education, health, energy. |
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| Newest New Yorkers 2000 |
| Uses Census information and other federal and local data to take a detailed look at the origins, spatial settlement, and other characteristics of the foreign-born population in New York City and in the larger metropolitan region. |
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| Official City Sites |
| State, city, and county links for the United States (Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands and New Zealand, too). Includes census information, city maps, chambers of commerce, and convention and visitor bureaus. |
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| Public Advocate for the City of New York |
| Offical site of the Public Advocate for New York City, an independently elected official, who is responsible for reporting the failure of any agency or official to comply with the New York City Charter. |
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| Public Agenda Online |
| A well-organized site offering articles and data on several controversial issues including abortion, crime, education, health care, illegal drugs, immigration, race and welfare. Extensive information on each issue includes an overview, facts and trends, different perspectives, links to news stories, and results of public opinion polls. The site is keyword searchable. There is also a section called "About polling," which helps readers toward a critical understanding of polls and surveys |
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| Rebuilding Downtown New York City |
| A compilation of articles, editorials, letters, and links to organizations and audio files on the rebuilding of lower manhattan from Columbia University's Document Service Center. Includes three interactive features which allow detailed examination of the various proposals considered by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation between July 2002 and February 2003. |
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| Seattle Public Library: Selected Web Sites: Municipal Codes |
| Links to city and county codes available for unrestricted searching on the World Wide Web. |
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| Smart Library on Urban Poverty |
| Research selected by experts in "readable summaries". |
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| State of the Cities Data Systems |
| This site from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides economic, demographic, crime, building and government finance data for individual metropolitan areas, central dities, and suburbs.
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| Stateline.org |
| Operated by the Pew Center on the States, a research organization administered by the University of Richmond. State government and public management issues such as budget, taxes, crime and prisons, environment, income and poverty, insurance, population, campaign finance, education, healthcare and transportation. Special features include state of the state speeches and state comparison charts. |
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| Statistical Abstract of the United States |
| This site provides access to the premier U.S. government statistical source as well as quick links to the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, USA Counties, and County and City Data Book; as well as Map Stats, a site that provides quick access to facts about particular states and counties. |
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| Taub Urban Research Center |
| The Taub Urban Research Center at NYU's Wagner School explores issues affecting cities and metropolitan regions. Their site includes a section on Urban Catastrophe Research, urban education and more. |
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| TRANweb: Transportation Article File |
| An online index to periodicals produced by Northwestern University's Transportation Library. Encompasses air, rail, highway, pipeline, water, urban transport, law enforcement, police management and traffic enforcement. Check CUNY+PLUS for Sealy Library journal holdings. |
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