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New York Resources

This State Guide lists the major sources of law in New York. For more in-depth research, consult our guide on New York Research In-Depth.

RESEARCH GUIDES

• New York Research In-Depth (Georgetown Law Library)
• Gibson's New York Legal Research Guide (3rd edition) published by Hein, 2004. KFN5074 .G53 2004
• New York Statutes and Legislative History Sources (NYU Law Library)
• New York Court System (NYU Law Library)
• Sources of New York City Law and Regulations (NYU Law Library)
• New York Legal Research Pathfinder (Rutgers School of Law Library)
• Guide to New York Legal Research in the Mendik Library (New York Law School)

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• New York Constitution (current) (PDF file)
• New York Constitution (previous versions) -click on Constitutions tab
• Constitutional History of New York, excerpts of book by Charles Z. Lincoln

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated, KFN5030 1939 .A3
  • New York Consolidated Laws Service, KFN5030 1976 .A23
  • Gould's Consolidated Laws of New York (unannotated, not available in GULL)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: NY-ST-ANN (online version of McKinney's )
  • Lexis: NY;NYCODE (online version of Consolidated Laws Service)
  • Internet:
    • New York State Laws (New York State Assembly)
    • New York Consolidated Law (Find Law)

Legislative History

• Legislative History of a New York State Law (Tutorial from the New York State Library)
• Legislative Intent (New York State Library)
• New York State Legislative History (Syracuse University College of Law Library)
• Chapter 5 of Gibson's New York Legal Research Guide (3rd edition) published by Hein, 2004. KFN5074 .G53 2004

Legislature

• New York State Legislature
• Senate
• Assembly
• New York State Bill Search
• New York State Legislature: Bill Text, Status, Summaries, Sponsor Memos, and Floor Votes

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Official Compilation of Codes, Rules & Regulations of the State of New York (always referred to as: NYCRR, despite what the Bluebook says!), KFN5030 1960 .A2
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: NY-ADC
  • Lexis: NY;NYADMN
  • Internet: New York State Register
  • Guide to New York State Agencies Rules and Regulations

Agencies

• Governor
• Department and Agencies
• Information on New York State Agency Publications
• Office of NYS Attorney General
  • Attorney General Opinions (1995-present)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Northeastern Reporter (1st & 2nd series - note that this includes only decisions from the New York Court of Appeals), KF 135 .N6 (1885-1936), KF135 .N612 (1988-present)
  • New York Reports (1st, 2nd & 3rd series), KFN5045 .A2 (1849-1955), KFN5045 .A22 2d(1956-2003) , KFN5045 .A22 3d (2004-present)
  • West's New York Supplement (1st & 2nd series), KFN5045 .A33, KFN5045 .A333
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: NY-CS (state cases) & NY-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: NY;NYCTS (state cases) & MEGA;NYMEGA (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
    • Court of Appeals Decisions (From Cornell's Legal Information Institute, 1992- )
    • Cornell Legal Information Institute Bulletin - NY (Provides analysis of selected Court of Appeals decisions, free subscription for email bulletins)

Courts

• New York State Unified Court System
• New York Court of Appeals

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Laws of the City of New York
• New York City Council (Includes local laws and bills)
• New York State Association of Counties
• Municipal Codes of select New York jurisdictions

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• New York has too many law school journals to list on this page. Please see the Findlaw list at: http://stu.findlaw.com/schools/usaschools/newyork.html . Georgetown subscribes to the electronic versions of several New York Law reviews. Search for those titles through our Hein Online subscription or in GULLiver for a print version.
• Law journals with a focus on New York State:
  • New York Law Journal
  • New York Lawyer (2000-present)
  • Journal/New York State Bar, K10 .O59 (2000-present, formerly New York State Bar Journal, K14 .E9715) also available electronically
  • Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, K18 .E3
  • Touro Law Review, K24 .O6 (Annual issue on New York State Constitutional Law)
    • Electronic Version (PDF images) through Hein Online (1985-present) (restricted to GULC community)
  • Syracuse Law Review, K23 .Y7 (Survery of New York Law)
    • Electronic Version (PDF images) through Hein Online (1949-present) (restricted to GULC community)
  • St John's Law Review, K23 .A22 (Survey of New York Practice)
    • Electronic Version (PDF images) through Hein Online (1926-present) (restricted to GULC community)

GENERAL

• Print:
  • New York Practice by David Siegel (student hornbook) KFN5995 .S65 1999
  • New York Civil Practice, KFN5995 .N6 1963
  • Carmody-Wait: an Encyclopedic treatment of Civil Practice in New York, KFN5995 .C342
  • "Practice Commentaries" in McKinney's , included with annotations in statute volumes - very persuasive
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: SIEGEL- NY-PRAC (Siegel's New York Practice ) & CW2D ( Carmody-Wait 2d New York Practice with Forms )
  • Lexis: NY;NYCP
• Internet:
  • New York Legal Research Site (LLAGNY)
  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York State Library
  • New York State Government Information Locator Service (New York State Library)
  • Internet Law Library: New York
  • FindLaw: New York
  • Association of the Bar of New York City
  • New York State Board of Law Examiners
  • Tax Forms

Updated 06/2007 (MMK)