The New York State Archives has changed how it delivers advisory services to New York State local governments. For the past thirty years the Archives has delivered these services using a regional model; each region served by a Regional Advisory Officer or RAO.
As of January 1, 2022, advisory services are delivered by government type. Each government type is assigned a Records Advisory Officer (RAO).
One advantage of the new model, it will allow RAOs to develop a deeper understanding of each government type and the records it produces, enabling each RAO to provide even better service than they did before. Here is our list of RAOs and the government types they cover:
Cities, Fire Districts, and New York City Municipal Agencies
Maria McCashion, Records Advisory Officer
Cultural Education Center
Room 9B38
222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230
(518) 486-4823
Villages and Cornell Cooperative Extensions
Lorraine Hill-Campbell, Records Advisory Officer
Suffolk State Office Building, Room 2B-41A
Veterans Memorial Hwy.
Hauppauge, NY 11788
631-521-9796
Towns
Michael Martin, Records Advisory Officer
Senator John H Hughes Office Building
333 E. Washington St. Room 230
Syracuse, NY 13202
518-330-7987