

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that more than 100 faith leaders in communities across the state have joined the “Fight for Fairness,” endorsing his proposal to enact 12 weeks of paid family leave and raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2021 in New York State. The announcement came as the governor visited the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York, the Christian Cultural Center, and the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. Together, these proposals would lift millions of working families out of poverty and bring economic justice to New Yorkers statewide. “This is about fundamental fairness and restoring the promise of hope, opportunity and mobility in the Empire State,” Governor Cuomo said. “It used to be that if you worked full time you could support your family and step away from your job to take care of your loved ones – but that has changed, and it’s not fair and it’s not right. It’s time we lift up the working families of this state and bring decency, dignity and respect back to all New Yorkers. We must pass paid family leave and raise the minimum wage to $15 to ensure every working man and woman has a fair shot at the American Dream.”
The list of faith leaders supporting the Governor’s “Fight for Fairness” includes: New York City Abyssinian Baptist Church -- Reverend Dr. Calvin Butts Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church of Jamaica – Bishop Charles Norris Sr. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue -- Rabbi Serge A. Lippe Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine -- Reverend Canon Julia E. Whitworth Change a Life Ministries -- Pastor Peggy Smalls Christian Cultural Center -- Reverend A.R. Bernard, Founder, Senior Pastor and CEO Church of God NYC -- Reverend Antoine Asse Church of God of Prophecy -- Bishop Earl McKay Church of the Nazarene -- Reverend Dr. Les Mullings Clergy United for Community Empowerment -- Reverend James Barnwell Congregation Beit Simchat Torah -- Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Congregation Mt. Sinai -- Rabbi Seth Wax First Baptist Church of East Elmhurst -- Reverend Patrick Young First Central Baptist Church -- Reverend Demetrius Carolina Greenpoint Reformed Church -- Reverend Ann Kansfield Iglesia Un Camino Al Cielo -- Carmen Perez Jamaica Muslim Center -- Imam Shamsi Ali Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees -- Rabbi Eric J. Greenberg Mount Neboh Baptist Church -- Reverend Dr. Johnnie Green Mt. Sinai United Christian Church -- Reverend Victor Brown New Greater Bethel Ministries -- Pastor John Boyd New York Board of Rabbis -- Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President The House of the Lord Churches -- Reverend Herbert Daughtry, National Presiding Minister Project Hospitality -- Reverend Terry Troia Spanish Missionary Baptist Church -- Pastor Jose Quinones St. Phillips Baptist Church -- Reverend Tony Baker Stapleton UAME Church -- Reverend Maggie Howard Temple Sinai of Massapequa -- Rabbi Janise Poticha The Episcopal Diocese of New York -- Bishop Andrew Dietsche The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York -- Reverend Floyd Flake Third Day Missions, Inc. -- Reverend Daniel Delgado Trinity Lutheran Church -- Reverend Sam Cruz Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church -- Reverend Frederick Crawford Long Island Bethel A.M.E. Church of Copiague -- Pastor Keith Hayward Calvary Baptist Church -- Reverend Erwin Trollinger Centro Cristiano Renacer -- Pastor Carlos Sorto Christian Gateway Church -- Pastor Emmanuel Asse Christian Light Missionary Baptist -- Reverend Isaac Melton Church of South Hempstead -- Reverend Patrick Duggan Church of God Hempstead -- Pastor Eliezer Reyes Eglise de Dieu de Baisley -- Pastor Pierre Windsor Joseph First Baptist Church of Westbury -- Bishop Lionel Harvey Franklin Outreach Ministries The Church Without Walls -- Reverend Lorraine Madry Gateway Christian Center -- Reverend Frantz Metellus Genesis Assembly of God -- Pastor Fernando Gomez Harvest at the Atlantic Church of God Island Park -- Mark Beavers, Administrator Horeb Christian Alliance -- Reverend Jean Romulus Iglesia de Dios of Uniondale -- Pastor Amado Brito Long Island Council of Churches -- Reverend Tom Goodhue New Life Christ Church Long Beach -- Pastor Mark Moses St. Mark Remnant Ministries Inc. -- Reverend Roderick Pearson Hudson Valley Bet Am Shalom Synagogue -- Rabbi Lester Bronstein Bethesda Baptist Church of New Rochelle -- Rev. Dr. Allen Paul Weaver Calvary Baptist Church -- Reverend Erwin Trollinger Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains -- Rev. Meredith Gamon First Baptist Church of Bronxville -- Reverend Lamont Granby Grace Church Today -- Senior Pastor W. Franklyn Richardson Iglesia 3ra Nueva Jerusalem -- Pastor Jeremias Cortave Kingdom Christian Cultural Center -- Rev. James Hassell Macedonia Baptist Church -- Reverend Darren Morton Metropolitan AME Zion Church -- Pastor Julius Walls Middletown Seventh-day Adventist Church -- Reverend Victor Dyman Mt. Vernon Heights Congregational Church -- Reverend Troy DeCohen One Accord Christian Church -- Reverend Robert Bolton Shaarie Tikvah Congregation -- Rabbi Carl Astor Shiloh Baptist Church -- Reverend DeQuincy Hentz St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church -- Reverend Aaron Royale The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills -- Reverend Erica Baron Union Presbyterian Church of Newburgh -- Reverend David Mason Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Westchester -- Reverend Michael Tino Unity Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon -- Reverend Ed Mulraine Central New York Alliance for Transforming Communities -- Mark Cass, Executive Director Episcopal Diocese of Central New York -- Bishop Skip Adams New Life Temple of Praise -- Bishop Ronald Dewberry St. Lucy's Church -- Father Jim Matthews Temple Society of Concord -- Rabbi Daniel Fellman The Finger Lakes American Baptist Church of the Rochester Genesee -- Reverend Alan Newton First Born Church of the Living God -- Reverend Sarah Davis Greece Baptist Church -- Senior Pastor Steve Gretz Greece Baptist Church -- Assistant Pastor Nicole Iaquinto Greece Baptist Church -- Assistant Pastor Cheryl Frank Lily of the Valley Church of God in Christ -- Reverend Leon Dupree Peace Missionary Baptist Church -- Reverend Franklin Ross Prayer House Church of God By Faith -- Pastor George Dailey Prayer House Church of God By Faith -- Elder Willie Lightfoot Trinity Emmanuel Presbyterian Church -- Reverend William Wilkinson Southern Tier Olean Area Lutheran Churches -- Reverend Gerard LeFerber River of Life Church of God In Christ -- Pastor Mario Williams Upper Room Family Worship Center -- Reverend Amos Simmons Mt. Sinai Church of God in Christ – Reverend Arthur Jones Western New York Bethlehem Lutheran Church -- Reverend Timothy Hoyer Blackwell A.M.E. Church -- Reverend Reggie Smith Community Helping Hands -- Reverend James Barnwell Emmanuel Baptist Church of Jamestown -- Reverend Leroy Walker First Congregational Church -- Reverend David Potts First Covenant Church -- Reverend Julie Anderson Healing World Ministry -- Bishop Leecroft Clark Lincoln United Methodist Church -- Pastor George Nicholas Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church -- Pastor James Lewis III Open Door #3 Church of God in Christ -- Reverend Frank Torrain Second Baptist Church -- Reverend Mark Blue St. Mary's Episcopal Church -- Reverend Michael Lonto True Bethel Baptist Church -- Reverend Darius Pridgen United Christian Advocacy -- Reverend Rick Hunter Westminster Presbyterian Church -- Reverend Thomas Yorty Mohawk Valley Johnson Park Center -- Reverend Maria Scates Temple Emanu-El -- Rabbi Cassi Kail Capital Region Holy Serenity COGIC -- Pastor Cornelius Clark Mount Olivet Baptist Church of Empowerment in Saratoga Springs -- Pastor Victor Collier Metropolitan New Testament Mission Baptist Church -- Pastor Damone Paul Johnson Shiloh Baptist Church, Hudson & President, Empire Baptist Missionary Convention -- Pastor Ronald Grant St. John's COGIC & President, Albany African American Clergy United For Empowerment -- Pastor McKinley Johnson Troy Area United Ministries -- Reverend Donna Elia Wilborn Temple First COGIC -- Pastor Solomon Dees North Country First Presbyterian Church of Plattsburgh -- Dr. Robert Svenson Grace Episcopal Church of Canton -- Father Chuck Smith The First Presbyterian Church of Canton -- Reverend Michael Catanzaro University Chaplain at St. Lawrence University -- Reverend Kathleen Buckley
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