1963 marked the last execution in New York State.
Regarding electrocutions, which comprise a large percentage of the executions:[1] [86][87] As a result of several United States Supreme Court decisions, capital punishment was suspended in the United States from 1972 through 1976.
Since 24 June 2004, the New York State death penalty statute has been declared unconstitutional by the New York Court of Appeals.
^ 1860: William Fee, the only person hanged in Wayne County; 43.
^ William Fee, charged with the murder of an unknown woman near Clyde, N.Y.