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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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Matthew Kushner
Released
Matthew Kushner was a member of the Young Workers League arrested in New York in 1927 for distributing “Hands...
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Anton Kusich
Anton Kusich is named with Joseph Scovio in a November 10, 1932 Daily Worker report of detention at Ellis Isla...
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Anton Kutsuk
Anton Kutsuk was a Local 35 member prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The January 29, 1927 Da...
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Christine La Bastille
Released
Christine La Bastille was jailed for the March 1969 Stony Brook University library protest against university...
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Vernon LaFranque
Vernon LaFranque was an Attica prisoner prosecuted for possession of prison contraband after the September 197...
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Thomas Laffey
Released
Thomas Laffey was one of the Fort Worth Five, five Irish-American men jailed in Texas in 1972 for refusing to...
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Frank Lahn
Frank Lahn was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on February 29...
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Peter Lahowit
Peter Lahowit was business agent of Window Cleaners Protective Union Local 8 in New York. Page 2 reports his a...
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August Wilhelm Lahtinen
Released
August Wilhelm Lahtinen was a Finnish-born labor activist whom immigration authorities accused of past Communi...
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Ignatz L. Lahuta
Released
Ignatz L. Lahuta was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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Tillie Lakuner
Tillie Lakuner was one of six volunteers arrested during the preceding Saturday and Sunday mine-relief tag-day...
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Oscar Landau
Released
Oscar Landau was a foreign-born worker arrested while serving on a laundry drivers’ strike committee. The Dail...
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Oscar Landies
Oscar Landies was arrested February 17, 1930 during a 38th Street picket. The February 19 report says the defe...
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H. Landy
H. Landy was among five speakers arrested June 7, 1930 at 149th Street and Third Avenue, charged with disorder...
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Friedrich Fritz Langer
Friedrich Fritz Langer was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on...
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Ira Langus
Ira Langus was a striking shoe salesman in the Kitty Kelly dispute, represented by Retail Shoe Salesmen’s Unio...
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Philip Lascar
Page 2 individually names Philip Lascar when Brooklyn Special Sessions dismissed charges against over forty In...
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Irving Lasher
Released
Irving Lasher was arrested on February 7, 1936 during an unemployment demonstration at Precinct 19 Home Relief...
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John Lathan
Released
John Lathan was a Delaware County, New York Anti-Renter imprisoned after the August 7, 1845 killing of Undersh...
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Bertha Latuchi
Page 5 individually names Bertha Latuchi as a picket arrested the preceding week at Fairway Hat Co., 49 West 3...
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Morris Lauber
Released
Morris Lauber was arrested during the 1932 New York furriers strike. The September16,1932 Daily Worker reports...
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John Laure
Released
John Laure was one of seven paper-box strikers arrested while eating in a restaurant at Hester and Allan Stree...
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Preston Lay (Harlem Youth Federation defendant)
Preston Lay was named among the Harlem Youth Federation five arrested May16,1968 and charged with conspiracies...
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Robert Lealess
Released
Robert Lealess was an unemployed foodworker and member of the Unemployed Councils in New York City. On October...
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