GROUPS IN NEW YORK STATE CALLING FOR A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS

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Local Governments (10)

Albany Common Council
Albany County Legislature
Buffalo Common Council
Greenburgh Town Council
Mount Vernon City Council
New Castle Town Board
New Paltz Village Board
New York City Council
Rochester City Council
Syracuse Common Council

Academic and Educational Organizations (2)

American Association of University Women, New York State
Justice Studies Association

Arts Organizations (2)

Sweet Adeline Chorus and Organization, Calvary/St. Andrew's Parish, Rochester
The Ironweed Collective, Albany

Businesses (10)

B. Real, Inc., Manhattan
Big Mouth Productions, Inc., Manhattan
The Coop, Yonkers
Fine 45 Minutes Photo, Yonkers
Gold Castle Jewelry, Yonkers
Seven Sundays Inc., Yonkers
Smokejumper Management, Manhattan
Transfuture Web Design, Bedford
Waterfront Deli, Yonkers
White Plains Pharmacy

Civic and Community Groups (19)

The Activism Center at Wetland Preserves, Manhattan
The Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake
Campus Action, Albany
Centro Civico of Amsterdam
The Community Development Alliance, Manhattan
Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York
El Puente, Brooklyn
Feminists for Life of New York
Ibero-American Action League, Rochester
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, Manhattan
Men in Transition, Rochester
Metropolitan Council on Housing, Manhattan
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), Albany Branch
NEST (Neighborhoods Establishing Support in Troy)
The Politics of Food Program, Rochester
Rochester Area Children's Collaborative
Rochester WAND (Women's Action for New Directions)
Social Capital Development Corporation, Albany
Women for Women's Rights, Henrietta
The Workmen's Circle, New York Region

Criminal Justice Advocacy Groups (20)

Center for Law and Justice, Albany
Cephas Attica, Rochester
The Cherish Life Circle, Brooklyn
CURE (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants), New York Chapter
The Correctional Association of New York
Insiders & Outsiders: Rochester Women for Women Prisoners
Jail Ministry Worker Council, Syracuse
Judicial Process Commission, Rochester
Law, Order & Justice Center, Schenectady
Lower East Side Call for Justice, Manhattan
Metro Justice of Rochester
New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault
New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty
People Against the Death Penalty of Central New York
People for Peltier, Ghent
Prison Families of New York
The Task Force to Reduce Violence, Rochester
Tompkins County Coalition Against the Death Penalty
WAVE (Women Against a Violent Environment), Rochester

Human Rights Groups (11)

Amnesty International, Group 9, Manhattan
Amnesty International, Group 11, Manhattan
Amnesty International, Group 27, Brooklyn
Amnesty International, Group 42, White Plains
Amnesty International, Group 73, Ithaca
Amnesty International, Group 89, Rochester
Amnesty International, Group 361, Albany
Amnesty International, Scarsdale High School
Committee for International Human Rights Inquiry, Manhattan
Human Rights Watch, New York Young Advocates
New York City Commission on Human Rights, HIV/Prison Project
Onondaga County/Syracuse Commission on Human Rights

Labor Organizations (7)

Capital District Labor-Religion Coalition
Civil Service Technical Guild, Local 375, District Council 37, AFSCME (The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees)
District Council 37, AFSCME
1199 SEIU (Service Employees International Union)
Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition
Mason Tenders District Council of Greater New York and Long Island
Professional Staff Congress, City University of New York
SEIU, Local 1199 Upstate, Rochester

Legal Firms and Organizations (12)

Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, Manhattan
Center for Constitutional Rights, Manhattan
Cornell Civil Liberties Union, Ithaca
Law Office of William London, White Plains
Monroe County Bar Association
New York Civil Liberties Union, Capital Region Chapter
New York Civil Liberties Union, Nassau County Chapter
New York Civil Liberties Union, Rochester Chapter
New York Civil Liberties Union, Syracuse Chapter
New York County Lawyers' Association, Criminal Justice Section
New York State Bar Association
New York State Defenders Association
Women's Bar Association of the State of New York

Medical and Public Health Groups (5)

American Psychiatric Association, Bronx District Branch
Medical Society of the State of New York
New York State Psychiatric Association
Public Health Association of New York City
Westchester Psychiatric Society

Newspapers (2)

The Albany Times Union
The Malone Telegram
The New York Times
(Long Island) Newsday
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The (Schenectady) Gazette
The Utica Observer-Dispatch
The Watertown Daily Times
The Syracuse Post Standard

Peace and Justice Groups (13)

Bath Peace and Justice Group
Buddhist Peace Group, Albany
Commission on Peace and Justice of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany
Genessee Valley Citizens for Peace, Geneseo
Intercommunity Center for Justice and Peace, Manhattan
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Manhattan
Pax Christi Metro New York
Pax Christi Rochester
Pax Christi Syracuse
Peace Action of Central New York, Board of Directors
Peace, Environment, and Justice Small Christian Community, Rochester
St. Vincent Ferrer Pax Christi Group, Brooklyn
South Country Peace Group, Bellport

Political Organizations and Parties (15)

The Brecht Forum, Manhattan
Broadway Democrats, Manhattan
CODA (Coalition for a District Alternative), Manhattan
Fishkill Democratic Committee
Green Party of Monroe County
Martin Luther King, Jr. Democratic Club, Manhattan
New York Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
New York State Democratic Committee
The Socialist Forum, Syracuse
Staten Island Democratic Association
Three Parks Independent Democrats, Manhattan
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Manhattan
Westchester Greens
WESPAC (Westchester People's Action Coalition)
Working Families Party

Religious Congregations and Organizations (132)

BAPTIST [3]
The Macedonia Baptist Church, Albany
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Albany
Sweet Pilgrim Baptist Church, Albany

BUDDHIST [1]
Rochester Zen Center

CATHOLIC [81]
Abbey of the Genessee (Trappists), Piffard
Casa de la Paz Catholic Worker House, Wyandanch
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany
Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany
Catholic Newman Center at Queens College
Christ Sun of Justice University Parish, Social Concerns Committee, Troy
Church of the Assumption, Social Ministry Committee, Fairport
Church of the Good Shepherd, Social Ministry Committee, Henrietta
Common Ground of Upstate New York, Consistent Life Awareness Fund, Webster
Community of St. Egidio USA
Corning Painted Post Roman Catholic Community
Corpus Christi Church, Rochester
Dominican Sisters of Sparkill
Emmaus House of Hospitality (Albany Catholic Worker)
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, the Bronx
Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, Brooklyn
Holy Cross Church, Schenectady
Immaculate Conception Church, Schenectady
Kairos Community, Manhattan
Kairos Community, Rochester
Medical Missionaries of Mary, the Bronx
New Faith Community (Spiritus Christi Church), Rochester
New York State Catholic Conference
Our Lady of Angels Church, Albany
Our Lady of Mercy Church, Colonie
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Parish Council, Schenectady
Our Lady of Victory Church, Troy
Religious of the Sacred Heart, Albany
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Rochester
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Tarrytown
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester
Sacred Heart Church, Gloversville
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Albany
Sacred Heart/St. Columba's Church, Schenectady
St. Adalbert's Church, Schenectady
St. Andrew the Apostle Church, Syracuse
St. Anthony's Church, Schenectady
St. Anthony of Padua Church, Parish Pastoral Council, Manhattan
St. Anthony of Padua Church, Troy
St. Bridget's Church, Rochester
St. Casimir's Church, Albany
St. Gabriel the Archangel Church, Schenectady
St. John the Evangelist Church, Schenectady
St. John's/St. Ann's Church, Albany
St. Joseph Church Prayer Group, Hewlett
St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village, Parish Pastoral Council, Manhattan
St. Joseph's Church, Scotia
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (Rochester Catholic Worker)
St. Jude the Apostle Church, Wynantskill
St. Margaret Mary Church, Apalachin
St. Margaret of Cortona Church, Parish Council, Rotterdam Junction
St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Scottsville
St. Mary's Church, Rensselaer
St. Mary's Church, Rochester
St. Mary's Church, Schenectady
St. Patrick's Church, Albany
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Schenectady
St. Pius X Church, Public Policy Education Committee, Loudonville
St. Rose of Lima Church, Rockaway Beach
St. Salome's Church, Social Ministry Committee, Rochester
St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Delmar
Sisters of Charity of New York
Sisters of Mercy, Albany Regional Community
Sisters of Mercy, Brooklyn Regional Community
Sisters of Mercy, Rochester Regional Community
Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine, Suffern
Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville
Sisters of St. Francis of the Third Order Regular, Williamsville
Sisters of St. Joseph, Buffalo
Sisters of St. Joseph, Rochester
Sisters of St. Joseph, Utica
Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province
Sisters of Social Service, Buffalo
Sisters of the Divine Compassion, Good Counsel Convent, White Plains
Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Manhattan
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, New York Province Leadership Team
Sisters of the Presentation, New Windsor
Sisters of the Presentation, Staten Island
Sisters of the Third Franciscan Order, Syracuse
Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk, United States Province Leadership Team

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST [1]
Wilborn Temple Church of God in Christ, Albany

EPISCOPAL [3]
Christ the King Church, Stone Ridge
Episcopal Diocese of New York
Episcopal Diocese of Rochester
St. John's Church, Kingston
St. John's Church, Wellsville
St. Mark's in the Bowery Church, Manhattan
St. Peter's Church, Albany
St. Philip's Church, Belmont

ETHICAL CULTURE [2]
The Ethical Culture Society of Queens
Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island

JEWISH [3] Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany
Kehillat Lev Shalem, Woodstock Jewish Congregation
Temple B'rith Kodesh, Social Action Committee, Rochester

MENNONITE [1]
The Groundswell Project at King of Glory Tabernacle, the Bronx

METHODIST [4]
Asbury First United Methodist Church, Social Concerns and Spiritual Life Committees, Rochester
Burnt Hills United Methodist Church, Administrative Council
Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church, Schenectady
United Methodist Church, Rochester District of the Western New York Annual Conference

MUSLIM [1]
Muhammad Mosque of Albany

PRESBYTERIAN [5]
Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Action of Church and Community Together Committee, Rochester
First Presbyterian Church, Albany
Parsells Avenue Community Church Board, Rochester
Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse
South Presbyterian Church, Dobbs Ferry
Union Presbyterian Church, Schenectady

QUAKER [7]
Brooklyn Monthly Meeting
Bulls Head-Oswego Monthly Meeting
Fifteenth Street Friends Meeting, Manhattan
New York Quarterly Meeting New York Yearly Meeting
Rochester Friends Meeting
Rockland Friends Meeting
Scarsdale Monthly Meeting

REFORMED [3]
The Bellevue Reformed Church Mission Committee, Schenectady
Reformed Church in America, Albany Synod, Witness Commission
Reformed Church in America, General Synod

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST [2]
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, Social Responsibility Council
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Big Flats

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST [2]
The First Congregational United Church of Christ of Gloversville
Irondequoit United Church of Christ, Peacemaking Focus Group

ECUMENICAL, INTERDENOMINATIONAL, OR INTERFAITH [13]
Albany African-American Clergy United for Empowerment
The Capital Region Ecumenical Organization
The Chaplaincy Service, Valhalla
Greater Rochester Community of Churches
Interfaith Alliance of Rochester
Interfaith Impact of New York State
InterReligious Council of Central New York, Cabinet of Faith Leaders
Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan
The Long Island Council of Churches
New York Religious Leaders Against the Death Penalty
New York State Community of Churches
The Riverside Church in the City of New York, Church Council
Troy Area United Ministries
The United Church of Fayetteville

Social Work and Social Service Groups (5)

Catholic Family Center, Rochester
Catholic Family Center, Rochester
Episcopal Social Services, Manhattan
House of Mercy Homeless Shelter, Rochester
National Association of Puerto Rican and Hispanic Social Workers
National Association of Social Workers, New York State Chapter
Thorpe Family Residence, the Bronx

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