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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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Ed. G. Schott Von Eynhausen
Ed. G. Schott Von Eynhausen was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbo...
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Gilbert Fain
Gilbert Fain is named in the Brighton bread-strike court report in the February 19, 1932 Daily Worker. Held un...
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Jacob Falek
Released
Jacob Falek was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refu...
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Morris Falk
Released
Morris Falk was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refu...
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William Falkel
William Falkel was arrested distributing May Day leaflets in Buffalo. The May 12 report gives no precise arres...
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Courtney Frances Fallon
Courtney Frances Fallon is an artist and activist. Tonawanda police arrested her after she painted an anti-Jer...
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Greg Felder (Attica defendant)
Greg Felder is individually named in the March 1973 Attica News roster of Attica uprising prisoner defendants....
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May Feldman
May Feldman was a striking dressmaker held on an assault accusation during the New York dress strike in March...
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Sidney Feldman
Sidney Feldman, a trial-board member of Musicians Union Local 802, was arrested while joining the picket line...
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Carlos Feliciano
Released
Carlos Feliciano was a Puerto Rican independence activist prosecuted in New York on explosives charges. The Un...
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Celia Feller
Page 5 individually names Celia Feller among eleven pickets arrested the previous morning, December 27, 1929,...
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Adolf Fellmann
Adolf Fellmann was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Februar...
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Emmanuel Paul Fernandez
Released
Emmanuel Paul Fernandez was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World...
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Manuel Fernandez (Tampa ILD organizer)
Manuel Fernandez, identified in the November 2, 1932 Tampa report as a former International Labor Defense orga...
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Manuel Fernandez (Ellis Island deportee, 1933)
The June 5, 1933 issue prints an Ellis Island prisoners’ letter opposing deportation, individually signed by t...
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Gustav P. Fernquist
Released
Gustav P. Fernquist was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Concetto Ferrara
The June 5, 1933 issue prints an Ellis Island prisoners’ letter opposing deportation, individually signed by t...
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Ferrera (Brooklyn relief organizer)
A worker named only Ferrera was beaten and jailed after a relief demonstration with Max Schnapp at the Albemar...
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Andrew Fetzig
Andrew Fetzig, former secretary of the Marine Workers Industrial Union, was jailed in Buffalo on Monday, Augus...
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Pavel Fiala
Pavel Fiala was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on February 2...
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Jack Fiegenbaum
Jack Fiegenbaum was individually named among Ansonia Bootery shoe-salesmen's strike pickets arrested in New Yo...
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Joseph Fiegewitz
Joseph Fiegewitz was a garment worker prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The January 29, 1927...
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Ida Fine
Ida Fine is named in the Brighton bread-strike court report in the February 19, 1932 Daily Worker. Facing pros...
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L. Fine
L. Fine was among five speakers arrested June 7, 1930 at 149th Street and Third Avenue, charged with disorderl...
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