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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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Evan Welling Thomas
Released
Evan Welling Thomas was the younger brother of Norman Thomas; Princeton seminary student studying in Edinburgh...
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Hannibal Thomas
Hannibal Thomas was named among the Harlem Youth Federation five arrested May16,1968 and charged with conspira...
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Michelle Thomas
Released
Michelle Thomas was a Rutgers medical student and political activist involved with the Sunrise Collective. She...
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Reginald Thomas
Released
Reginald Thomas was a former International Labor Defense organizer sent to Sing Sing prison on a two-to-four-y...
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Kenneth Tierney
Released
Kenneth Tierney was one of the Fort Worth Five, five Irish-American men jailed in Texas in 1972 for refusing t...
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Samuel Tilles
Released
Samuel Tilles was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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Claudine Tim
Mrs. Tim was a Black Brooklyn woman arrested while seven months pregnant. The Daily Worker, August 23, 1934, p...
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Marguerite Tjader Harris
Released
Marguerite Tjader Harris was a writer, editor and peace activist who founded the leftist arts magazine Directi...
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H. Tollman
Released
H. Tollman was a butcher-union picket arrested with two fellow pickets at Pol Roth’s shop, 4113 13th Avenue, B...
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Silas Tompkins
Released
Silas Tompkins was one of the first Anti-Rent prisoners, prosecuted under New York's new law against appearing...
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S. Topolianos
S. Topolianos was individually listed as an imprisoned needle-trades worker on the September 1934 ILD roster....
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A. Torino
A. Torino was individually listed as an imprisoned needle-trades worker on the September 1934 ILD roster. It g...
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Manuel Torres
Manuel Torres is individually identified in Page 2 in the Portuguese immigration-defense report after October...
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Vera Tracy
Vera Tracy was among five workers arrested when police attacked an Unemployment Councils delegation demanding...
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Jeremy Trapp
Released
Jeremy Trapp was arrested on July 17, 2020.
On July 17, 2020 Jeremy Trapp, 24, was observed by an informant a...
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Sam Trehonuk
Released
Sam Trehonuk was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
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Sal Trepani
Sal Trepani was among Brooklyn shoe workers reported convicted of assault on May 6, 1930. Sentencing was annou...
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Domenico Trombetta
Domenico Trombetta was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Feb...
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Louis Tucker
Louis Tucker was among six Zelgreen cafeteria pickets who had served disorderly-conduct terms and remained jai...
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Robert A. Tucker
Robert A. Tucker was a defendant in an Elmira, New York murder prosecution with Dennis Goodwin. In a signed le...
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Theodore Turetsky
Theodore Turetsky was a garment worker prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The January 29, 192...
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Herman Turkowitz
Herman Turkowitz was individually identified among five workers arbitrarily arrested inside Manhattan Lyceum d...
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Turner
Turner was a Red Builder imprisoned in a New York workhouse for selling the Daily Worker in the subways. PDF p...
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Caspar Turner
Caspar Turner, a young Black man, was under arrest with a broken skull in Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn when...
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