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New York
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for New York.
2,077Documented
25In custody
1,084Released
7Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New York
Where New York’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 715
1940s 176
1970s 173
1910s 169
1920s 165
1950s 161
Recent dashboard entries from New York
The newest published events and reporting located in New York, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Hundreds rally against ICE in Herald Square after Marble Hill shooting
Arrest
Five protesters arrested outside hospital after New York ICE shooting
Other
ICE officer shoots man during New York arrest operation
Other
Federal judge blocks ICE from arrests in New York courthouses
Arrest
Anti-Zionist Hasidic man faces deportation to Israel after US protest arrest
Arrest
Eight people arrested during an Evict ICE demonstration in downtown Buffalo
Arrest
NYPD arrests 104 people during protests against Benjamin Netanyahu’s appearance at the United Nations
Other
Court imposes permanent protections against abusive ICE detention conditions at 26 Federal Plaza
Documented cases
2,077 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Will
Will was enslaved by Anthony Ward and was imprisoned on an allegation of conspiracy during the New York prosec...
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York
York was enslaved by Peter Marschalk and was imprisoned on an allegation of conspiracy during the New York pro...
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Cornese
Cornese was among Brooklyn shoe workers reported convicted of assault on May 6, 1930. Sentencing was announced...
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Harris
Harris was a Young Communist League member arrested during the anti-segregation protest at the Bronxdale swimm...
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Kovas
Kovas was a picket arrested at the Foltis-Fischer cafeteria at East Eleventh Street and Broadway.
The March 4...
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Lopez
Lopez was arrested during a protest at the Schlom and Deutsch bakery, according to the contemporary report.
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Martaluk
Martaluk was arrested June 5, 1930 while picketing an Allerton Avenue bakery. The June 7 account alleges beati...
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Mirabeau
Mirabeau was arrested June 5, 1930 while picketing an Allerton Avenue bakery. The June 7 account alleges beati...
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Patterson
Patterson was arrested during an outdoor protest at the Schlom and Deutsch bakery.
The June 9 report individu...
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Perlezweig
Perlezweig was arrested during an outdoor protest at the Schlom and Deutsch bakery.
The June 9 report individ...
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Rappaport
Rappaport was arrested at a Westchester Avenue strike and released on $500 bail, according to the contemporary...
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Silvermann
Silvermann was arrested during an outdoor protest at the Schlom and Deutsch bakery.
The June 9 report individ...
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Thomas
Thomas was a picket arrested at the Foltis-Fischer cafeteria at East Eleventh Street and Broadway.
The March...
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Winogradsky
Winogradsky, whose given name is not supplied, was a defendant with Irving Potash in a labor-assault trial beg...
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Press
Press was arrested on June 7, 1934.
A worker printed only as Press was clubbed and jailed June 7, 1934 in the...
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Carlson
Carlson was among those arrested at the May 26, 1934 relief demonstration at 50 Lafayette Street in New York....
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Schindler
Schindler was among those arrested at the May 26, 1934 relief demonstration at 50 Lafayette Street in New York...
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Irving Aarons
Released
Irving Aarons organized Local 1250 of the Department Store Employees Union during the strike against May's Dep...
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Shuaib Abdur Raheem
Released
Shuaib Abdur Raheem was the eldest of the four young Sunni Muslim men known as the Williamsburg Four. On Janua...
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Dawud Abdur Rahman
Released
Dawud Abdur Rahman is one of the four young Sunni Muslim men known as the Williamsburg Four. On January 18, 19...
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Frank Khali Abney
Frank Khali Abney was imprisoned at Eastern Correctional Facility in Napanoch, New York, when Midnight Special...
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Hyman Abramowitz
Released
Hyman Abramowitz was an unemployed watch repairer who had contracted polio in childhood and helped organize Ne...
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Elijah Abrams
Elijah Abrams was named by Jihad Abdulmumit as a fellow Rochester youth organizer arrested with him in 1976.
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Adolph Abromovitz
Released
Adolph Abromovitz was a worker arrested while picketing the Equitable Paper Bag strike at 314 School Street in...
Institutions in New York
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in New York that appear in the census’s case files.
Ellis Island Immigration StationNew York, New York
215 cases
Fort LafayetteNew York, New York
201 cases
Manhattan House of Detention (the Tombs)New York, New York
21 cases
Attica Correctional FacilityAttica, New York
20 cases
Sing Sing Correctional FacilityOssining, New York
15 cases
Ellis IslandNew York, New York
15 cases
Metropolitan Correctional Center, New YorkNew York, New York
13 cases
Metropolitan Correctional CenterNew York, New York
10 cases