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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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Paul Yuditch
Released
Paul Yuditch was the labor editor of the Yiddish-language daily Morning Freiheit. Immigration authorities arre...
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Edward Zabo
Released
Edward Zabo, age 49, was a co-conspirator with John Ford and Joseph Mazzuchelli in the 1996 Long Island UFO Ne...
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Stanislaus Zamoysky
The September 1920 One Big Union Monthly names Stanislaus Zamoysky among nineteen IWW members then held at Ell...
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Alex Zarin
The December 4, 1931 report explicitly names these lathers as arrested for defying an injunction and picketing...
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Anna Zazuliak
Anna Zazuliak is named among labor activists facing deportation proceedings in the June 16, 1934 defense repor...
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William Zazuliak
William Zazuliak is named among labor activists facing deportation proceedings in the June 16, 1934 defense re...
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Boris Zibatoff
Boris Zibatoff was a Bronx grocery-union picket whom the August 15, 1928 Daily Worker individually names among...
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Israel Zimmerman
Israel Zimmerman was an Independent Shoe Workers Union representative arrested after advising Dan Palter facto...
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Anton Zinn
Anton Zinn was a garment worker prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The January 29, 1927 Daily...
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Dominick Zizzo
Dominick Zizzo was one of six young men held in the Sing Sing death house after conviction for the killing of...
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Angelica Zorkorika
Angelica Zorkorika was a fur-strike picket whom the June 8, 1927 Daily Worker reports as attacked by right-win...
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Martin Zuesse
Martin Zuesse was the Gramercy local organizer of the Workers Alliance in New York. The December 8, 1936 Daily...
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Sonia Zuker
The July 22 issue reports arrest at the Friday July 19, 1929 demonstration outside the Nanking consulate, 13 A...
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Jack Zuroff
Jack Zuroff was one of six pickets arrested September 12, 1935 outside Bickford’s restaurant, 215 West Forty-s...
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