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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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Erling Paulsen
Erling was a Norwegian seaman detained for deportation after an organizing-related arrest in Portsmouth, Virgi...
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Efim Pavlenko
Efim Pavlenko is listed in the 1920 congressional case summary under Cortland, printed Courtland, New York, an...
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Joseph Pearlman
Joseph Pearlman was a Local 2 member for fourteen years prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. Th...
J
Jedediah Peck
Released
Jedediah Peck was a New York legislator. He was arrested in 1799 after circulating a petition opposing the Ali...
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Seymour Peck
Released
Seymour Peck was a New York Times editor indicted for contempt of Congress after he refused to name associates...
A
Arthur William Pehlke
Arthur William Pehlke was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on...
J
John Pekerl
Released
John Pekerl was one of seven paper-box strikers arrested while eating in a restaurant at Hester and Allan Stre...
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Irving Pellam
Released
Irving Pellam was a butcher-union picket arrested with two fellow pickets at Pol Roth’s shop, 4113 13th Avenue...
A
Aleksy Pelypenko
Aleksy Pelypenko was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Febru...
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Igor Pelypenko
Igor Pelypenko was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Februar...
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Claire Pentecost
Released
Claire Pentecost was an artist and professor who described being detained with Steve Kurtz.
Artist and School...
G
G. Pera
G. was an Ellis Island detainee who signed a 1933 prisoners’ letter opposing deportation.
The June 5, 1933 is...
G
George Perdicaris
George Perdicaris was a needle-trades worker individually identified in the June 8, 1927 Daily Worker’s report...
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Francisco Perez
Francisco was an Ellis Island detainee who signed a 1933 prisoners’ letter opposing deportation.
The June 5,...
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Louis Perier
Released
Louis Perier, a French food worker active in the cafeteria strike, was taken to the Tombs after police entered...
E
Espiro Periotis
Espiro Periotis was a New York cafeteria striker who chose commitment to the Tombs rather than paying a ten-do...
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William Perl
Released
William Perl was an Austrian-born engineer and physicist prosecuted for perjury during the Rosenberg espionage...
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James A.G. Perry
Released
James A.G. Perry was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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David Persily
David Persily was one of four young Communists sentenced by Magistrate Mark Rudich in Coney Island Court on Ma...
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Benjamin Persky
Released
Benjamin Persky was an animal-rights activist imprisoned in New York for property destruction during protests...
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Wilhelm Andreas Petersen
Wilhelm Andreas Petersen was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor,...
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Paul Pfeffer
Released
Paul Pfeffer was convicted of murder in New York City and sentenced to 20 years. His defenders said the convic...
B
Benjamin Phillips
Benjamin Phillips was a Black elevator operator whose arrest was reported in the contemporary account.
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George Phillips
Released
George Phillips was one of five workers arrested during a demonstration outside the North Harlem Relief Statio...
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