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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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Mattie Haresonoff
Mattie Haresonoff was among five workers arrested when police attacked an Unemployment Councils delegation dem...
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Ben Harper
Arrested Saturday July 20, 1929 at the Young Pioneer demonstration against the militarist Boy Scout jamboree,...
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Joseph Harris
Joseph Harris was arrested at Lafayette Square in Buffalo on October 25, 1930 while trying to announce the mee...
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Richard Harris
Released
Richard Harris was a Black Panther Party member indicted in the April 2, 1969 New York Panther 21 conspiracy c...
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George Hart (Niagara Falls ILD, 1934)
George Hart, International Labor Defense district secretary involved in the Niagara Falls defense of Alphonse...
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J. Hart (Eisman protest, 1930)
J. Hart, identified only by the printed initial and surname, was one of six protesters against Harry Eisman’s...
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Isidore Hartman
Released
Isidore Hartman was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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S. Harvey
S. Harvey, identified as the Buffalo district secretary of the TUUL, was one of four workers arrested distribu...
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Elliott White Haskins
Released
Elliott White Haskins was a twenty-five-year-old man whom authorities alleged was associated with the Black Li...
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Isaiah Hawkins
Isaiah Hawkins was an Attica prisoner and member of its prisoner liaison committee, working to improve conditi...
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Max Hein
Max Hein was among Brooklyn shoe workers reported convicted of assault on May 6, 1930. Sentencing was announce...
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Otto Heinemann
Otto Heinemann was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Februar...
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Irving Heinman
Irving Heinman was arrested in a police raid at the Communist Party headquarters at 200 Ellicott Street in Buf...
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Walter Herman Heinrich
Walter Herman Heinrich was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on...
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William Richard Heller
William Richard Heller was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on...
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George Fritz Hellinger
George Fritz Hellinger was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on...
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Milton Helpern
Milton Helpern was a striking shoe salesman in the Kitty Kelly dispute, represented by Retail Shoe Salesmen’s...
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Axel Hendrickson
Named as Axel Hendrickson in the IWW’s partial Red Special deportation-detention roster. The report says the g...
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Leon Herald
Leon Herald is individually named in John Howard Lawson’s report among writers and professional workers arrest...
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William Herbert
William Herbert was arrested distributing leaflets at the Donner Steel works in Buffalo. The May 12 report giv...
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Milton Herndon
Released
Milton Herndon was one of six defendants prosecuted for picketing the Empire Cafeteria at 125th Street and Len...
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Sol Hertz
Released
Sol Hertz was a New York labor activist and Communist Party organizer. Police arrested him on a picket line on...
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Tommie Hicks (Attica prisoner)
The March 1973 Attica News names Tommie Hicks with Sam Melville and L.D. Barkley as prisoners allegedly seen a...
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Joseph Highkin
Joseph Highkin was arrested on the rent-strike picket line at 128 East 111th Street in New York after helping...
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