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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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Joseph Weidon
Joseph Weidon was a organizer of the Progressive Workers Club Unemployment Committee, individually named among...
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P. Weigner
Released
P. Weigner was a food clerk arrested during Brooklyn labor organizing in July1930. The Daily Worker of July9 r...
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Howard L. Weiner
Released
Howard L. Weiner was jailed for the March 1969 Stony Brook University library protest against university war r...
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Suzanne R. Weiner
Released
Suzanne R. Weiner was jailed for the March 1969 Stony Brook University library protest against university war...
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Sylvia Weiner
Sylvia Weiner was named among workers facing court proceedings in the grocery-strike report published May 24,...
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William Weiner
Released
William Weiner was the Communist Party USA’s national treasurer. A federal jury convicted him of using a passp...
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Peter Weinick
Peter Weinick was among three unemployed relief delegates arrested after visiting Emergency Relief Bureau No....
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Sam Weinman
Arrested May 24, 1933 at a Brooklyn open-air meeting opposing eviction of a family with six children; charged...
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Isidore Weisberg
Isidore Weisberg was an organizer of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. The June 4, 1930 Daily Worker...
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David Weiss
David Weiss was a 17-year-old Young Communist League member arrested with his sister Miriam while collecting W...
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George Weiss
George Weiss was a New York fur worker arrested during the March 1930 conflict around the B. Axel & Co. strike...
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Joe Weiss
The November 9 report names the seven fur-strike defendants in the Mineola prosecution whose 1927 convictions...
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Max Weiss
Released
Max Weiss was a Communist Party leader, formerly of Chicago, arrested in New York City on September 19, 1955 u...
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Miriam Weiss
Miriam Weiss was a 15-year-old Young Communist League member arrested with her brother David while collecting...
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I. Weissberg
I. Weissberg was organizer of the dress department of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. The November...
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Milton Welch
Milton Welch was a labor activist arrested at an unemployed workers meeting in Yonkers, New York, on February...
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Norval D. Welch
Released
Norval D. Welch, a National Guardian staff member, was among the people arrested at City Hall Plaza during the...
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Thomas Welnicki
Released
Thomas Welnicki, age 71, of Rockaway Beach NY, made multiple statements to U.S. Capitol Police and Secret Serv...
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Edward Welsh
Printed page 2 reports thirty-three Workers Unemployed Union members were arrested during the Easter Sunday Fi...
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Frederick Welsh
Frederick Welsh was a Black worker described as a militant by the Daily Worker of May 14, 1934. It reports his...
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Slim Welsh
Slim Welsh was among cafeteria pickets arrested at the Zelgreen Cafeteria, 217 West 34th Street, New York, on...
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William Wesley (Attica defendant)
William Wesley (printed alias Shati) is individually named in the March 1973 Attica News roster of Attica upri...
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Jerome West
Jerome West was a Brooklyn Black Panther arrested with Alfred Cain and Ricardo DeLeon on August16,1969 after l...
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Sophia West
Sophia West was individually named among women arrested at Seneca Army Depot during August 1984. The report ex...
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