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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.
2,078Documented
40In custody
1,023Released
12Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New York
Where New York’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 714
1940s 176
1970s 171
1920s 166
1910s 166
1950s 159
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
2,078 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Toney
Toney was enslaved by John Latham and was imprisoned on an allegation of conspiracy during the New York prosec...
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Venture
Venture was enslaved by Cornelius Tiebout and was imprisoned on an allegation of conspiracy during the New Yor...
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Wan
Wan was enslaved by Capt. Sarly and was imprisoned on an allegation of conspiracy during the New York prosecut...
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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 (Bronxdale pool protest, 1932)
The July 29 issue individually names these Young Communist League members as arrested during the anti-segregat...
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Kovas (Foltis-Fischer picket, 1933)
The March 4, 1933 report names these pickets as arrested at the Foltis-Fischer cafeteria at East Eleventh Stre...
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Lopez (Coney Island bakery protest, 1930)
The June 9 report individually names these people arrested during the Saturday outdoor protest at the Schlom a...
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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 (Coney Island bakery protest, 1930)
The June 9 report individually names these people arrested during the Saturday outdoor protest at the Schlom a...
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Perlezweig (Coney Island bakery protest, 1930)
The June 9 report individually names these people arrested during the Saturday outdoor protest at the Schlom a...
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Rappaport (Bronx food-strike organizer)
The September 15 report said Rappaport, organizer of the Bronx section, and Harry Davidson were arrested at a...
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Silvermann (Coney Island bakery protest, 1930)
The June 9 report individually names these people arrested during the Saturday outdoor protest at the Schlom a...
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Thomas (Foltis-Fischer picket, 1933)
The March 4, 1933 report names these pickets as arrested at the Foltis-Fischer cafeteria at East Eleventh Stre...
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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 (Brownsville relief worker)
A worker printed only as Press was clubbed and jailed June 7, 1934 in the Brownsville relief struggle. The Jun...
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Carlson (New York relief protest, 1934)
Carlson was among those arrested at the May 26, 1934 relief demonstration at 50 Lafayette Street in New York....
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Schindler (New York relief protest, 1934)
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...
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
202 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