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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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Frederick Max Koal
Frederick Max Koal was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Feb...
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A. Kobel
Released
A. Kobel edited Uus Ilm, an Estonian Communist weekly in the United States. The Daily Worker of March 1, 1928,...
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Hermann Klaus Koch
Hermann Klaus Koch was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Feb...
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Konrad Koehler
Konrad Koehler was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Februar...
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Ben Koenigsberg
Ben Koenigsberg faced a felonious-assault accusation arising from picketing at 370 West 36th Street. The Febru...
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Julia Church Kolar
Julia was arrested with Jane Craik Speed on September 7, 1935, after protesting Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiop...
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Oscar Kolkin
Oscar Kolkin was arrested at a 27 West 24th Street picket on disorderly-conduct and weapon accusations. The re...
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Milton Kolman
Milton Kolman was a labor activist prosecuted in New York. The June 4, 1930 Daily Worker reports that he had b...
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Edward Kowalczyk
Edward Kowalczyk is individually named in the March 1973 Attica News among five prisoners in Attica HBZ or A-b...
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Rudi Kraemer
Rudi Kraemer was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on February...
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L. Kramer
Released
L. Kramer was from New York, New York. L. Kramer was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Selective Service...
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David Krasny
David Krasny, treasurer of the May’s department-store workers’ union in Brooklyn, was named with Clarina M...
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Peter Kraus
Released
Peter Kraus was a Communist Party organizer at Utica, sentenced to one and a half to three years at Auburn Sta...
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Victor Kremer
Victor Kremer was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on February...
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Ignatz Kriva
Released
Ignatz Kriva was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
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F. Kromotis
F. Kromotis was a needle-trades worker individually identified in the June 8, 1927 Daily Worker’s report of ar...
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Joseph Kruch
Released
Joseph Kruch was one of five Ohrbach department-store pickets arrested in New York on Saturday, April 4, 1936....
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Abraham Kublin
Abraham Kublin was a sales worker and Retail Shoe Salesmen’s Local 1268 strike picket at the Kitty Kelly shoe-...
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Richard Kuhland
Richard Kuhland was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Februa...
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Sam Kurland
Released
Sam Kurland was a needle-trades labour activist. "Samuel" is not independently documented.
A contemporary lab...
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Steve Kurtz
Released
Steve Kurtz, a University at Buffalo artist and Critical Art Ensemble cofounder, was detained by FBI agents in...
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Louis Kushman
Louis Kushman was arrested in a police raid at the Communist Party headquarters at 200 Ellicott Street in Buff...
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Matthew Kushner
Released
Matthew Kushner was a member of the Young Workers League arrested in New York in 1927 for distributing “Hands...
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Anton Kusich
Anton Kusich is named with Joseph Scovio in a November 10, 1932 Daily Worker report of detention at Ellis Isla...
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