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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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Benjamin Davidoff
Released
Benjamin Davidoff was jailed in New York for distributing leaflets denouncing police killings and brutality. T...
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Michael Davidow
Michael Davidow, secretary of the Relief Workers League, was arrested with Paul Block and another activist whi...
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Harry Davidson
The September 15 report said Rappaport, organizer of the Bronx section, and Harry Davidson were arrested at a...
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Bruce Frederick Davis
In Exile
Bruce Frederick Davis was a U.S. Army soldier who left his post in West Germany in August 1960 after about fiv...
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George Davis (Niagara Falls, 1934)
George Davis was a 28-year-old Black man arrested in Niagara Falls on August 1, 1934, on a rape accusation con...
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Oscar Day
Oscar Day was a Black New York worker whose prosecution was taken up by the International Labor Defense. The D...
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Joe Dazo
Joe Dazo was one of four May’s Department Store strikers arrested December 28, 1935 and tried on rioting charg...
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Dan De Avanzo
The February 12 report identifies the Meecy Shoe Company shop chairman as arrested the preceding day in Specia...
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Gerald De Cessa
Released
Gerald De Cessa was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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L. A. De Santes
Released
L. A. De Santes was an executive-committee member of the Workers Cultural Federation and John Reed Club arrest...
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Ricardo DeLeon
Ricardo DeLeon was a Tombs prisoner and elected inmate representative prosecuted over the October 1970 Manhatt...
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Tom Defacio
Released
Tom Defacio was one of four Communist election speakers arrested at Bleecker and McDougal streets in New York...
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Richard Delaney
Released
Richard Delaney was a grand jury resister jailed for civil contempt in 1982–83, one of seven people named in I...
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Frank Della Gatta
Abner Green’s October 1936 account identifies Frank Della Gatta as arrested by immigration officials without a...
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John Della Monica
Released
John Della Monica led the International Labor Defense in Utica, New York. He and four other unemployed workers...
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Tony Demos
Tony Demos was a Fur Floor Boys Union member arrested after a reported attack while checking overtime in New Y...
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Leon Dennen
Leon Dennen is individually named in John Howard Lawson’s report among writers and professional workers arrest...
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Hyman Denowitz
Released
Hyman Denowitz was a needle-trades union organizer framed on an assault charge arising from union activity, se...
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Alfred Dessa
Released
Alfred Dessa was arrested on February 7, 1936 during an unemployment demonstration at Precinct 19 Home Relief...
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Edward Devoe
Edward Devoe was a Black worker beaten and jailed in Brooklyn on a felonious-assault accusation after interven...
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Paul Deza
Paul Deza was among six Zelgreen cafeteria pickets who had served disorderly-conduct terms and remained jailed...
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Rudolf Dezember
Rudolf Dezember was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York,...
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Teodoro Di Donna
Teodoro Di Donna was one of six young men held in the Sing Sing death house after conviction for the killing o...
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Otto Herman Diester
Otto Herman Diester was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New Y...
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