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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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Paul Cinat
Released
Paul Cinat was a foreign-born resident of Clinton Corners, New York targeted in a November 1953 McCarran-Walte...
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Sadie Cinnan
Sadie Cinnan was arrested while collecting Gastonia defense funds on Surf Avenue in Coney Island, according to...
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Mark Clancey
Identified by the state report as an associate confined with BLA prisoners at Rikers Island in February 1975....
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Joe Clark
Arrested May 19, 1933 following the Home Relief Bureau protest at West 47th Street near Sixth Avenue, Manhatta...
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Dorie Clay
Released
Dorie Clay, also reported as Dori or Dorrie Clay, was a New York 8+ grand-jury resister and the spouse of defe...
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Eddie Clemens
Released
Eddie Clemens was a Pentecostal conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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Harry Clifton
Harry Clifton was a Workers Alliance demonstrator arrested in April 1936 at the WPA store in New York's Port A...
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Charles Clodi
Released
Charles Clodi was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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Ira Cobb
Released
Ira Cobb was a Defendant in the federal prosecutions following the October 1, 1851 Jerry Rescue in Syracuse, N...
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Evelyn Cohen
Evelyn Cohen was arrested Saturday, December 28, 1935 during the May’s department-store strike in Brooklyn aft...
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Fred Cohen
Released
Fred Cohen was one of three labor activists jailed for speaking to workers of the Coney Island Corporation at...
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J. Cohen
Released
J. Cohen was a Food Workers Industrial Union picket arrested outside the public market at 8615 Twentieth Avenu...
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Jacob Cohen (May Day, 1931)
Jacob Cohen was one of four young Communists sentenced by Magistrate Mark Rudich in Coney Island Court on May...
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K. M. Cohen
K. M. Cohen was arrested in New York while distributing shop papers and leaflets calling for the August 1, 193...
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L. Cohen (London Dress picket, 1932)
L. Cohen was one of five pickets arrested outside London Dress Company, 245 Seventh Avenue, New York, on the m...
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S. Cohen
Released
S. Cohen was a food clerk arrested during Brooklyn labor organizing in July1930. The Daily Worker of July9 rep...
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Sam Cohen
Sam Cohen was a Local 2 member for ten years prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The January 2...
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Levi Cohn
Released
Marshall identifies Levi Cohn as one of three New York State civilian agents arrested in Washington on October...
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Charles Collins
Released
Charles Collins was a Grenada-born New York hotel-union organizer who led a militant rank-and-file movement in...
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S. Commodikis
S. Commodikis was a needle-trades worker individually identified in the June 8, 1927 Daily Worker’s report of...
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Carl Como
Carl Como was a Durable Tool and Die shop striker in New York. The February 25, 1932 Daily Worker reports that...
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Eugene Connolly
Eugene Connolly was arrested during the unemployed workers’ demonstration at Madison Square Park, New York, on...
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Constantinidos (New York cafeteria picket, 1930)
Constantinidos was a New York cafeteria strike picket. The March 15, 1930 Daily Worker names three pickets hel...
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David Conyers
David Conyers coordinated the Brooklyn Black Panther free breakfast program. The newspaper reports his arrest...
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