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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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Mathilde Gertrude Neubacher
Mathilde Gertrude Neubacher was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbo...
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Otto Ludwig Neubacher
Otto Ludwig Neubacher was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on...
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R. Nevin
R. Nevin, printed as Mrs. Nevin, was arrested while speaking at a United Council of Workingclass Women open-ai...
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David Newburg
Pages 1-2 name Leo Loskowitz, David Newburg (also printed Newberg), and Michael Klueger as arrested around or...
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Edward Newhouse
Edward Newhouse is individually named in John Howard Lawson’s report among writers and professional workers ar...
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Jack Newman
Page 1 reports shoe-union member William Strauss (headline Straus) shot in the lung and arm by a policeman dur...
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Jiri Newport (Attica prisoner)
The March 1973 Attica News describes Jiri Newport, called O.J., as a prisoner in Attica HBZ or A-block segrega...
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Lois Newton
The editor identifies Corona Branch Panther Lois Newton as beaten and arrested by Port Authority police in New...
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Phillip Nicholas
Released
Phillip Nicholas was arrested after participating in the May 26, 1934 demonstration in New York. The Daily Wor...
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Trofin Nicolaieff
Released
Trofin Nicolaieff was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed fo...
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Angel Nieves
Angel Nieves was an imprisoned organizer at Auburn Correctional Facility in New York, identified in contempora...
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George Nieves
George Nieves was an incarcerated Attica participant interviewed by WBAI in February 1972 among prisoners isol...
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Eugene Nigob
Eugene Nigob was named among six NorthHarlem relief delegates arrested June23,1932 while seeking help for an e...
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William Ninos
William Ninos wrote on May 11, 1929 from New York Prison while actually serving a five-day term connected with...
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Samuel North
Released
Marshall identifies Samuel North as one of three New York State civilian agents arrested in Washington on Octo...
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Daniel Northrup
Released
Daniel Northrup was a Delaware County, New York tenant farmer imprisoned after the August 7, 1845 killing of U...
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Raymond A. Northrup
Released
Raymond A. Northrup was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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John Noto
Released
John Noto was a Buffalo Communist Party leader arrested on August 31, 1955 under a 1954 sealed indictment char...
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Paul Novak
Paul Novak was arrested for distributing leaflets during the Food Workers Industrial Union strike at Carnival...
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Michael O'Rourke
Released
Michael O'Rourke was an Irish republican who sought to remain in the United States after escaping from impriso...
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Pat O'Shea
Released
Pat O'Shea was named among May's Department Store strike pickets arrested February 22, 1936 at 510 Fulton Stre...
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Robert Okum
Robert Okum was a bystander in a nearby hallway whom police seized, beat and took to jail after an object thro...
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John Olden
John Olden was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on February 29...
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Olms (Brooklyn relief picket, 1936)
Olms was one of four leaders arrested at a Brooklyn unemployed-relief picket at the Sixtieth Street Home Relie...
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