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• The International Municipal Lawyer Association (IMLA)
• The National Association of Counties (NACO)
• The U .S. Conference of Mayors
• The National League of Cities (NLC)
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Public Education

• New York State Department of Education
• The Legal Information Institute Public Education

Public Finance

• New York State Dept. of Taxation (index of topics)

State and Local Government Agencies

• NEW YORK STATE
  • New York State Assembly's Catalog of State and Federal Programs Aiding New York's Local Governments 
  • New York State Governance - General Information
  • New York State Senate "Cities" Committee membership list
    
• LOCAL MUNICIPALITY RESOURCES
  • New York City Council
  • Mayor's Office of Contracts

Miscellaneous Municipal Law Topics

• City Contracts: Accessibility by the Public: City of Chicago: "Mayor Brings Daylight to All City Contracts"
• DOS Local Government Handbook
• Municipal codes websites
• Finding Municipal Ethics Laws
  Locating municipal ethics laws online can be difficult. Ordering hard copies can be slow and expensive. Following is a list of online sources of municipal laws, including ethics laws.
  • Websites of individual municipalities
  • Selected websites of municipalities and chambers of commerce
  • General Code
  • Municipal Code
  
  The following websites do not contain codes of any New York State municipalities but do list municipal codes from other states.
  • LexisNexis’s free website
  • American Legal Publishing
  
  Lexis and Westlaw have limited libraries of municipal codes. Westlaw’s Municipal Materials library includes Cleveland and New York City.
  
• AG opinions
• NYS Comptroller opinions
• NYC Conflicts of Interest Board Directory of NYS Municipal Ethics Materials