Carlucci Awarded State Grant

Clarkstown Town Clerk David Carlucci is pleased to announce that his office has been awarded a Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund Grant (LGRMIF) in the sum of $ 40,264. According to Carlucci, “The Town Clerk’s Office is responsible for maintaining and managing records for Clarkstown dating back to 1752. We have grown from a population of 2,000 to over 85,000. Managing and preserving 255 years worth of documents, with many being historical and fragile, in a more efficient manner, has been my goal since taking office in 2006.” The LGRMIF Grant will fund the microfilming, digitizing, and indexing of Board Minutes, Local Laws, and related Town records, as well as, approximately 42 cubic feet of Vital Statistics (Death, Birth, and Marriage).
The Town records, some of which are of great historical value, exist as paper records. These records are vulnerable should a disaster strike, and the multiple requests for records the Clerk's Office handles on a daily basis require time-consuming searches of these paper records.
“In a post-Katrina world,” stated Carlucci, “we can see how imperative it is to safeguard our Vital Statistics as part of an effective Emergency Management Program. Many Clarkstown residents had devastating losses from April’s nor’easter. I want our residents to be confident that their vital records will be readily available.” Carlucci continued, “With identity theft being so prevalent, this grant will go a long way in assuring that social security numbers are redacted from any vital records disseminated.”
Microfilming and digitizing the Clerk's records was selected as the optimum technology for protecting the hundreds of years of records, providing disaster recovery capability in various media, and expediting retrieval. Carlucci is looking forward to embarking on this extensive project, which will further improve accessibility to public records. Please visit www.clarkstownclerk.com or call Clarkstown Town Clerk David Carlucci at 845-639-2010 for more information or questions.