*The Honorable Patrick H. Hays

North Little Rock

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Upland

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Vallejo

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Pico Rivera

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Long Beach

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Haywood

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Pasadena

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San Bernadino

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Berkeley

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Compton

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East Palo Alto

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Hemet

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Inglewood

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Los Angeles

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Oakland

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San Mateo County

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San Francisco

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Santa Barbara

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Boulder

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Aspen

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Aspen

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Northglenn

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Bridgeport

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Meriden

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New Haven

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Stamford

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State of Connecticut

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Largo

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St. Petersburg

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W. Palm Beach

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Taramac

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North Miami

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Sunrise

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Miami-Dade County

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Atlanta

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East Point

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Fulton County

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City and County of Honolulu

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Peoria

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Rockford

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East St. Louis

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Glendale Heights

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Knox

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Michigan City

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Kendallville

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Angola

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Lafayette

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Salem

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Whiting

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Hobart

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Batesville

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Dunkirk

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Columbia City

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Noblesville

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Aurora

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Bloomington

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East Chicago

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Gary

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Hammond

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Davenport

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Cedar Rapids

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Waterloo

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Wyandotte County/Kansas City Unified Govt.

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Topeka

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Lake Charles

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Monroe

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New Orleans

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State of Maryland

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Quincy

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Boston

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Brockton

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Concord

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Gloucester

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Lawrence

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Medford

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Newburyport

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Springfield

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St. Clair Shores

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Dearborn Heights

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Taylor

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Sterling Heights

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Westland

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Saginaw

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Detroit

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Flint

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Pontiac

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Burnsville

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Minnetonka

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Rochester

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Jackson

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Florissant

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Independence

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St. Louis

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Trenton

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Cumberland County

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Camden

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East Orange

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Elizabeth

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Newark

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Reno

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Albuquerque

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Santa Fe

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Las Cruces

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Bronx (17^th congressional district)

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City of Akron

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City of Holley

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City of Ithaca

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City of Niagara

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City of Syracuse

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Bronx

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Bronx

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Binghamton

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Brooklyn

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Oneonta

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Plattsburgh

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Utica

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Babylon

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Village of Freeport

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Municipality of Ossining

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Pomona

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County of Nassau

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Wurtsboro

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Queens

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Manhattan

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Croton-on-Hudson

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Town of Oyster Bay

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Manhattan

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Town of Russia (County of Herkimer)

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City of Chestnut Ridge (County of Rockland)

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Manhattan

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North Tonawanda

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Byron

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Brooklyn/Staten Island

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Town of Constable

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Manlius

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Evans

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Village of Unionville

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Village of Colonie

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Mount Morris

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Lyons

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Town of Olive

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Town of Southold

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Brooklyn

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Brooklyn

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Brooklyn

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Buffalo

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Manhattan

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Queens County

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Queens County

*District Attorney Frank J. Clark,

Buffalo

*Assemblyperson Felix Ortiz

Bronx

*The Honorable May W. Newburger

Town of North Hempstead

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City of Mount Vernon

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New Rochelle

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Ramapo

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East Hampton

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Greenburgh

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Baldwinsville

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Chozy

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Geneseo

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Leray

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Orchard Park

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Plattekill

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Springfield

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City of Orangetown

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Darrien

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Bronx

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City of Albany

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City of Amsterdam

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Babylon Township

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Brighton Township

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City of Buffalo

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City of Elmira

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City of Glen Cove

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City of Hornell

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City of Ithaca

The Honorable Joseph DeStefano

City of Middletown

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City of Mount Vernon

The Honorabel Rocco DiVeronica

Madison County

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City of Rochester

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City of Schenectady

The Honorable Mark Pattison

City of Troy

The Honorable Eliot Spitzer

State of New York

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Westchester County

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Concord

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Greensboro

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Canton

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Euclid

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Newark

*The Honorable Gerald M. Boldt

Parma

The Honorable Donald Plusquellic

Akron

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Eugene

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Multhnomah County

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Bensalem Township

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Philadelphia

The Honorable Wilbert Young

Wilkinsburg

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York

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Warwick

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Providence

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Spartanburg

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Chattanooga

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Hurst

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Roanoke

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Norfolk

The Honorable Timothy Kaine

Richmond

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Washington, DC

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Racine

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Madison

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Cheyenne

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