--- title: "Agata E. Rumprecht Behrens | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/agata-e-rumprecht-behrens" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Agata E. Rumprecht Behrens New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, Housing Part · Housing Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, Housing Part - 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, Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County, Designated by Acting Chief Administrative Judge Tamiko Amaker, 2023 to Present - Agata E. Rumprecht-Behrens is a New York State judge assigned to the Housing Court of Bronx County, presiding over civil housing cases, with a judicial term from 2023 to 2028 - NYS Unified Court System, Associate Court Attorney, Trial Part, 2017 to 2023 ### Education - Stony Brook University — B.A. - City University of New York School of Law — J.D. ### Additional information - Judge Rumprecht-Behrens has served on the bench for four years, most recently appointed by a Chief Administrative Judge for a term beginning in 2023 and ending in 2028. - CAMBA Legal Services, Supervising Attorney, 2010 to 2017 - Agata Ewa Rumprecht-Behrens is also registered as a New York State attorney (Registration #4780607) admitted in 2010 to the New York State Unified Court System. - She graduated from CUNY School of Law and has served as a court attorney in multiple New York Housing Courts, including Queens County and Bronx County. - She has participated in public legal discussions, such as moderating a panel on Housing Part proceedings and tenant harassment for the New York City Bar Association ## 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=rhJVFm8fa5tcztndDnyDCA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=rhJVFm8fa5tcztndDnyDCA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=rhJVFm8fa5tcztndDnyDCA%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. Agata E. Rumprecht-Behrens](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=rhJVFm8fa5tcztndDnyDCA%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/agata-e-rumprecht-behrens", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/agata-e-rumprecht-behrens", "name": "Agata E. Rumprecht Behrens | KnowJudges", "description": "Agata E. Rumprecht Behrens, New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, Housing Part. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-07", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/agata-e-rumprecht-behrens#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/agata-e-rumprecht-behrens#judge", "name": "Agata E. 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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.