Public Meeting to Discuss the Proposed Merger of NYC Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS) With the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)
A Public Meeting Regarding the Proposed Merger of the
NYC Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS)
With the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
6:00p
The Banking Hall
49-51 Chambers Street
Manhattan
City Hall is considering a substantial change in the administrative structure of the New York City Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS), the department that runs the NYC Municipal Archives and Library. The proposal will merge DORIS into the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), a much larger and less specialized agency. The proposal must be brought before the City Council and approved by its members before it can be enacted.
Next Tuesday evening Eileen Flannelly, the Commissioner of DORIS, will describe and discuss the proposed merger at a public meeting near City Hall. I encourage you (and any interested colleagues) to attend the get-together to learn about the proposal, to ask questions, and to offer your thoughts.
The Muni Archives and Library are the keepers of our city’s official history. They have birth and death records, mayoral papers, photographs of every building in the five boroughs, and old WNYC-TV film footage, to mention just a miniscule fraction of their holdings. They are the repositories of irreplaceable historical information and treasures that must not be neglected or mistreated, so it is important that this proposal be well considered. It must be discussed in public with input and feedback from all of us concerned about the city’s past.