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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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Hyman Abramowitz
Released
Hyman Abramowitz was an unemployed watch repairer who had contracted polio in childhood and helped organize Ne...
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Adolph Abromovitz
Released
Adolph Abromovitz was a worker arrested while picketing the Equitable Paper Bag strike at 314 School Street in...
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Wil Ackalitis
Released
Wil Ackalitis was a New York longshoreman jailed for contempt in 1954 for his part in leading an International...
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Salvatore Adalchi
Released
Salvatore Adalchi was a New York dressmaker prosecuted with Dave Turner during the Needleman and Bremmer strik...
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Timothy Adams
Released
Timothy Adams, born March 22, 1948 in Bennettsville, South Carolina, was alleged to be a member of the Black L...
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Nathan R. Adler
Nathan R. Adler, reported aged 19 and a Young Workers League member, was arrested June 15, 1928, during City C...
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Nasser Ahmed
Released
Nasser Ahmed became a prominent figure in late-1990s civil-liberties disputes over the use of “secret evidence...
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Mary Elizabeth Ahrens
Mary Elizabeth Ahrens was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New...
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Paul Friedrich Ahrens
Paul Friedrich Ahrens was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New...
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Paul August Ahrens
Paul August Ahrens was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New Yo...
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Charles Aigner
Charles Aigner was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York,...
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Thomas Aiken
Thomas Aiken, an unemployed Harlem worker of 411 Convent Avenue, was beaten by police at the 142nd Street and...
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Mukhtar Albakri
Mukhtar Albakri was identified among the Lackawanna Six in FBI official John S. Pistole’s April 14, 2004 state...
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Ruth Alcott
Ruth Alcott was a May’sDepartmentStore striker or picket prosecuted in Brooklyn. MagistrateCharlesSolomon acqu...
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Carl Alexander
Carl Alexander was among seven workers arrested at the May 26, 1934 unemployment demonstration at 50 Lafayette...
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Anton Alkucz
Anton Alkucz was arrested in a police raid at the Communist Party headquarters at 200 Ellicott Street in Buffa...
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Anna Allen
Released
Anna Allen was arrested in front of Macy's department store in New York for distributing leaflets addressed to...
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Clyde Allen
Released
Clyde Allen was a Black unemployed man prosecuted in Brooklyn's "Hammer Man" case. Police shot him during his...
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George Allen (New York, 1929)
George Allen, reported aged 22, was a cafeteria striker whom the April 26, 1929 newspaper individually says ha...
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Gus Alonen
Released
Gus Alonen was an IWW officer from the Bronx. Gus Alonen served a sentence in Clinton and Comstock Prisons for...
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Bernie Altman
Bernie Altman, of Retail Clothing Salesmen Local 1006, was arrested on a complaint by Louis Narins, proprietor...
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Tony Alves
Page 2 identifies Tony Alves, forty-two, a Catholic laborer of 48 Forsythe Street, as arrested while protestin...
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Sahim Alwan
Sahim Alwan was identified among the Lackawanna Six in FBI official John S. Pistole’s April 14, 2004 statement...
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Otto Ammon
Otto Ammon was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York, on F...
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