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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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Irving Lebold
Released
Irving Lebold was the organizer of Stuyvesant Heights Unemployment Council 2 in Brooklyn. The Daily Worker ind...
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Paul Lederer
Paul Lederer was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on February...
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Harry Lee
Released
Harry Lee was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusi...
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Roswald Lee
Roswald Lee was a twelve-year-old Black boy from 47 West 117th Street in Harlem. Police arrested him on Saturd...
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Bert C. Leech
The July–August 1935 MAN! reports Union Theological Seminary representative Bert C. Leech arrested and ousted...
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David Leff
Released
David Leff was an American UNESCO employee in Paris whose passport was seized during a U.S. loyalty investigat...
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Arthur Leibauer
Arthur Leibauer was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Februa...
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Jacob Leisler
Jacob Leisler was arrested and imprisoned during the political conflict surrounding Jacob Leisler’s government...
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Anna Leisman
Released
Anna Leisman was a Latvian-American labor and Communist activist imprisoned at Auburn under New York State cri...
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Harry Lenard
Harry Lenard was one of three striking painters arrested following a clash at Cooper Union in New York during...
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Nathan Lenz
Nathan Lenz was a Local 2 member for fourteen years prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The Ja...
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Nat Leroy
Nat Leroy was an unemployed New York worker arrested during an anti-eviction gathering in Brooklyn. The Daily...
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Harry Leven
Harry Leven was one of six pickets arrested September 12, 1935 outside Bickford’s restaurant, 215 West Forty-s...
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Harry Levine
Harry Levine was business agent of Laundry Workers International Union Local 280 in New York. Page 3 of the Ma...
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John Levis
Named as John Levis in the IWW’s partial Red Special deportation-detention roster. The report says the group l...
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Bob Levy
Released
Bob Levy was one of five Ohrbach department-store pickets arrested in New York on Saturday, April 4, 1936. The...
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Larry Levy
Larry Levy was a striking shoe salesman in the Kitty Kelly dispute, represented by Retail Shoe Salesmen’s Unio...
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Norma Lewis
Norma Lewis was individually named among women arrested at Seneca Army Depot during August 1984. The report ex...
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Denis Leyne
Released
Denis Leyne was one of the Tucson Six, defendants prosecuted over alleged arms supplies to the IRA. He was hel...
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Petros Lezos
Released
Petros Lezos was a Greek-born resident whom immigration authorities ordered deported to Greece in 1953 despite...
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Harry Lieb
Released
Harry Lieb was named among May's Department Store strike pickets arrested February 22, 1936 at 510 Fulton Stre...
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B. Lieber
Released
B. Lieber was named among May's Department Store strike pickets arrested February 22, 1936 at 510 Fulton Stree...
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Nathan Lieberman
Nathan Lieberman was a New York fur-strike defendant. The June 15, 1933 Daily Worker reports that he was being...
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Frederick Liedke
Frederick Liedke was a seaman held since March 29, 1933 following a police raid after an International Longsho...
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