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CITY HALL LIBRARY
Christine Bruzzese,
Supervising Librarian
31 Chambers Street, Room 112 ยท New York, NY 10007
Open to the public
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10 AM to 4 PM
Tuesday, Friday: 10 AM to 12 PM
For more information, call 311 or (212) NEW-YORK if outside of NYC.
You can also e-mail
the City Hall Library via the Contact
Us form.
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CLOSINGS
The City Hall Library is New York City's official depository
for all agency published reports and studies. The Library
has been serving City and other government employees as well
as the public since it was established in 1913 and now has
a collection of approximately 250,000 items.
COMPUTER ACCESS TO PUBLICATIONS
The recently enacted Local
Law 11 of 2003 requires City agencies
to post publications on the Department of Records website.
To see what full-text publications are available, explore
our Government
Publications section and browse the categories.
PAPER AND MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS
Most of the library's collections-dating back to the 17th
century-are in paper or microfilm.
These rich research resources include:
- Annual and other reports of City agencies
- Budgets and other financial materials
- Proceedings and minutes of the City Council, boards and
other legislative bodies
- State, Federal and other public agency publications
- Extensive clipping and pamphlet files on New York City
matters
- Newspapers daily and specialized such as New York Law
Journal, The Chief, The City Record. Back years of the New
York Times and the Chief are on microfilm.
- Microfilm of City Council and predecessor proceedings,
annual reports of agencies, Board of Estimate proceedings
- Biographies of city and state officials
- Mayoral committees and commissions
- New York City neighborhood files
- New York City history
- Annotated New York City street name index
- Rules and regulations of New York City agencies
- Civil service collection of job descriptions, previous
examinations (1970s and 1980s), eligibility lists, and salary
ranges for New York City positions
- The annual Civil List of current New York City Employees
SERVICES AND REFERRALS
Librarians provide reference assistance for brief inquiries
and help with use of the collection:
- Walk-in or by appointment
- Telephone reference
- E-Mail
- Correspondence
- Interlibrary loan
- Referral to other libraries
Coin operated copiers (25 cents) and microfilm printer (25
cents). Copiers accept quarters and one-dollar bills. Microfilm
printer accepts only quarters. No pennies, nickels, dimes, half-dollar
or dollar coins.
CITY HALL LIBRARY NOTES
Subscribe to NYC.gov newsletter to get monthly e-mails on the latest acquisitions in City Hall Library.
Newsletters for prior months can be found below:
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