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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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John Phoenix
Released
John Phoenix was a Delaware County, New York Anti-Renter imprisoned after the August 7, 1845 killing of Unders...
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Sam Picolo
Sam Picolo was a New York cafeteria striker who chose commitment to the Tombs rather than paying a ten-dollar...
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Clinton H. Pierce
Released
Clinton H. Pierce was a Socialist Party member from Albany, New York. Clinton H. Pierce began serving a prison...
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K. Pincof
K. Pincof was among six Zelgreen cafeteria pickets who had served disorderly-conduct terms and remained jailed...
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Morris Pinkevski
Morris was arrested during an outdoor protest at the Schlom and Deutsch bakery.
The June 9 report individuall...
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Stanley Pittiford
Stanley Pittiford was a seventeen-year-old Black Panther reportedly handcuffed, beaten and taken away by polic...
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Fanny Plotkin
Fanny Plotkin, sister of Rose Plotkin, was serving a two-day sentence for participating in the July3,1928 Wall...
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Rose Plotkin
Rose Plotkin, a13-year-old YoungPioneer, was arrested at the July3,1928 WallStreet demonstration and confined...
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Morris J. Plousker
Released
Morris J. Plousker was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed f...
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Alfred Plummer
Alfred Plummer (printed alias NBA Red) is individually named in the March 1973 Attica News roster of Attica up...
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Ben Polack
Ben Polack was one of five workers arrested Friday afternoon, July 29, 1932, after police broke up fur-strike...
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Philip Poler
Philip Poler was a sales worker and Retail Shoe Salesmen’s Local 1268 strike picket at the Kitty Kelly shoe-st...
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Michael Poliski
Michael Poliski was among seven workers arrested at the May 26, 1934 unemployment demonstration at 50 Lafayett...
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Louis Polofsky
Louis was sentenced to three months in jail on April 29, 1932, after an assault accusation.
The May 5 report...
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Morris Polonsky
Morris Polonsky was a garment worker prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The January 29, 1927...
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A. Ponkin
A. Ponkin was a participant named only by an initial and surname arrested during the August 13, 1929 Harlem st...
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Christ Popoff
Released
Christ Popoff was a Macedonian immigrant and labor activist in Syracuse, New York. He arrived at Ellis Island...
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Otto Popovich
Released
Otto Popovich was an organizer of the Jamaica Unemployed Council, a Communist candidate for the New York State...
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Anna Porgribsky
Anna Porgribsky was a member of the unemployment-relief delegation beaten and arrested at New York City Hall o...
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Rose Portella
Rose Portella is individually identified in Page 2 in the Portuguese immigration-defense report after October...
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John Porter
John Porter was a Black taxi driver held in the Tombs Prison in New York on a homicide charge over the death o...
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Pauline Portugalo
Released
Pauline Portugalo was an unemployed secretary with a spinal disability who helped organize New York City’s Lea...
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Lilian Posner
Lilian Posner was arrested Saturday, December 28, 1935 during the May’s department-store strike in Brooklyn af...
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Lillian Posner
Released
Lillian Posner was named among May's Department Store strike pickets arrested February 22, 1936 at 510 Fulton...
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