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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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William Silverman
William Silverman was arrested while picketing the Kitty Kelly shoe store at 40 East Fourteenth Street on Satu...
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H. Silverstein
H. Silverstein was a fur worker arrested while picketing on Friday afternoon, June 10, 1927. The June 14 Daily...
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Homer Simmers
Homer Simmers was arrested in a police raid at the Communist Party headquarters at 200 Ellicott Street in Buff...
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Israel Simon
Released
Israel Simon was a needle-trades organizer imprisoned on an assault charge arising from union organizing. The...
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Marcus Singer
Released
Marcus Singer was a Cornell University zoologist prosecuted for refusing to name former associates before the...
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Jerome Singleton
Released
Jerome Singleton was a thirty-year-old Black student, married father of two and honorably discharged veteran w...
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George Siskind
Released
George Siskind was a Polish-born writer and Communist Party educator. Immigration authorities ordered him depo...
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Boris Sklar
Released
Boris Sklar was editor of the Russian-language newspaper Russky Golos. Immigration authorities arrested him fo...
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Olava Skottedal
Released
Olava Skottedal was arrested in Babylon, Long Island in 1951 for distributing the National Guardian and an Ame...
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Tess Slesinger
Tess Slesinger is individually named in John Howard Lawson’s report among writers and professional workers arr...
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Aaron Slossberg
Released
Aaron Slossberg was an anti-fascist worker arrested at the April8,1934 anti-Nazi demonstration at Ridgewood Gr...
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M. Slusky
Named as M. Slusky in the IWW’s partial Red Special deportation-detention roster. The report says the group le...
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Jack Small
Jack Small was one of four May’s Department Store strikers arrested December 28, 1935 and tried on rioting cha...
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A.H. Smith
Released
A.H. Smith was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refus...
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Albert Smith
Albert Smith faced prosecution for passing out leaflets during the Remington-Rand strike at Tonawanda. The Jun...
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Arthur Smith (Red Special detainee, 1919)
Named as Arthur Smith in the IWW’s partial Red Special deportation-detention roster. The report says the group...
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Corey Smith
Released
Corey Smith, 24, gender non-conforming, with co-defendant Elaine Carberry, set fire to a marked NYPD Homeless...
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Daniel R. Smith
Daniel R. Smith, writing as Ahmal U Abba and identifying himself with Attica prison number 27228, was an impri...
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Isidore Smith
Isidore Smith was a thirteen-year-old Young Pioneer arrested on May Day, May 1, 1931, for activity outside P.S...
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Molly Smith
Molly Smith was among three unemployed relief delegates arrested after visiting Emergency Relief Bureau No. 60...
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Norman Smith
Norman Smith was named among six NorthHarlem relief delegates arrested June23,1932 while seeking help for an e...
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Steve Smith (New York, 1929)
Steve Smith, reported aged 36, was a cafeteria striker whom the April 26, 1929 newspaper individually says had...
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Tyronne Smith
Released
Tyronne Smith was a New York Black Panther member arrested with Joudon Ford at Kennedy Airport on January 24,...
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Willie E. Smith
Released
Willie E. Smith was the defendant in the first of the Attica Brothers cases to reach trial — the prosecutions...
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