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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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Wilhelm Andreas Petersen
Wilhelm Andreas Petersen was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor,...
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Paul Pfeffer
Released
Paul Pfeffer was convicted of murder in New York City and sentenced to 20 years. His defenders said the convic...
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Benjamin Phillips
Page 3 reports police arrested Benjamin Phillips, a Black elevator operator and Local 32B Building Service Emp...
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George Phillips
Released
George Phillips was one of five workers arrested during a demonstration outside the North Harlem Relief Statio...
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John Phoenix
Released
John Phoenix was a Delaware County, New York Anti-Renter imprisoned after the August 7, 1845 killing of Unders...
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Sam Picolo
Sam Picolo was a New York cafeteria striker who chose commitment to the Tombs rather than paying a ten-dollar...
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Clinton H. Pierce
Released
Clinton H. Pierce was a Socialist Party member from Albany, New York. Clinton H. Pierce began serving a prison...
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K. Pincof
K. Pincof was among six Zelgreen cafeteria pickets who had served disorderly-conduct terms and remained jailed...
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Morris Pinkevski
The June 9 report individually names these people arrested during the Saturday outdoor protest at the Schlom a...
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Stanley Pittiford
Stanley Pittiford was a seventeen-year-old Black Panther reportedly handcuffed, beaten and taken away by polic...
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Fanny Plotkin
Fanny Plotkin, sister of Rose Plotkin, was serving a two-day sentence for participating in the July3,1928 Wall...
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Rose Plotkin
Rose Plotkin, a13-year-old YoungPioneer, was arrested at the July3,1928 WallStreet demonstration and confined...
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Morris J. Plousker
Released
Morris J. Plousker was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed f...
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Alfred Plummer (Attica defendant)
Alfred Plummer (printed alias NBA Red) is individually named in the March 1973 Attica News roster of Attica up...
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Ben Polack
Ben Polack was one of five workers arrested Friday afternoon, July 29, 1932, after police broke up fur-strike...
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Philip Poler
Philip Poler was a sales worker and Retail Shoe Salesmen’s Local 1268 strike picket at the Kitty Kelly shoe-st...
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Michael Poliski
Michael Poliski was among seven workers arrested at the May 26, 1934 unemployment demonstration at 50 Lafayett...
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Louis Polofsky
The May 5 report describes a three-month jail sentence imposed April 29, 1932 after a fish-business employer a...
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Morris Polonsky
Morris Polonsky was a garment worker prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The January 29, 1927...
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A. Ponkin
A. Ponkin was a participant named only by an initial and surname arrested during the August 13, 1929 Harlem st...
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Christ Popoff
Released
Christ Popoff was a Macedonian immigrant and labor activist in Syracuse, New York. He arrived at Ellis Island...
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Otto Popovich
Released
Otto Popovich was an organizer of the Jamaica Unemployed Council, a Communist candidate for the New York State...
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Anna Porgribsky
Anna Porgribsky was a member of the unemployment-relief delegation beaten and arrested at New York City Hall o...
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Rose Portella
Page 2 individually identifies Rose Portella in the Portuguese immigration-defense report after October 28, 19...
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 CenterNew York, New York
10 cases
MDC BrooklynBrooklyn, New York
9 cases