--- title: "Adam R. Meyers | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adam-r-meyers" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Adam R. Meyers New York County Housing Court · Housing Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York County Housing Court - State: New York - Role: Housing Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Housing Court of the City of New York, New York County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas, 2024 to 2029 - His appointment was announced by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas, highlighting his experience in tenant-side housing law and Housing Court procedures ### Education - Harvard Law School — J.D. (2013) - St. John's College — B.A. (2008) ### Additional information - Communities Resist, Director of Litigation, 2019 to 2024 - A, Deputy Director, Group Representation Unit, 2019 to 2019 - A, Skadden Fellow/Staff Attorney, Group Representation Unit, 2013 to 2019 - Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. - Specific allegations include delayed legal action, lack of responsiveness to tenant communications, and perceived bias favoring white tenants over Black tenants. - E4F has organized petitions and public campaigns demanding that Meyers step down or be removed from his judgeship - representing clients in housing matters. - Judge Meyers has presided over multiple housing cases, including disputes involving property owners and tenants, such as RP Wimbledon Owner, LLC v. - Before his judicial appointment, Meyers was the Director of Litigation at Communities Resist (CoRe), a Brooklyn-based organization advocating for housing-related legal services. - These campaigns allege that during his tenure as a housing attorney, he failed to file necessary repair lawsuits for tenant associations, particularly affecting Black and migrant women tenants. - Meyers is a Harvard Law School graduate and a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Housing Court Committee ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### recording and photography Scope: statewide New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### evidence presentation control Scope: statewide The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof. Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3NbfrMFatfmMRQoldOKK2w%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3NbfrMFatfmMRQoldOKK2w%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3NbfrMFatfmMRQoldOKK2w%3D%3D) - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) - [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Adam R. Meyers](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3NbfrMFatfmMRQoldOKK2w%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adam-r-meyers", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adam-r-meyers", "name": "Adam R. Meyers | KnowJudges", "description": "Adam R. Meyers, New York County Housing Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adam-r-meyers#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adam-r-meyers#judge", "name": "Adam R. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-34fe480ab82f22fa3c31d257) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.