A petition with more than 60,000 names asked for mercy.
At least 12,000 of the city's 40,000 residents have signed petitions asking for the tests to be moved.
A petition asking for the same gathered more than 100,000 signatures.
The petition from the high school, on West 18th Street, asks that the sign be taken down.
Over 1,000 signatures have been collected on a petition asking the government to preserve the land as park.
The next day, more than 150 performers in the 40,000-member union presented a petition asking the union's council to reconsider.
The petition asked administrators to join in condemning the incident.
Students at Columbia, though, have compiled a petition asking the school to hire more female faculty.
The night before his execution the officers of the 39th signed and sent Jackson a petition asking for mercy.
In May, she drew up a petition asking that the siren be turned off, and helped get about 100 neighbors to sign it.