--- title: "Alex M. Calabrese | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/alex-m-calabrese-14611" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Alex M. Calabrese New York Supreme Court · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: New York Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Acting Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - He also served as an adjunct professor of the NYU Graduate School of Social Work since 2004 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, 2000-present - Distinguished judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York (Kings County) and the presiding judge of the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, retiring on October 26, 2022 - Celebrated at a retirement ceremony in 2022 by colleagues, elected officials, and community members, recognized for his compassionate, innovative leadership in justice reform - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, 2007-2016 - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, 1997-2006 - Special Assignments: held the role of acting justice of the New York State Supreme Court starting in 2000, concurrently with his role as presiding judge at the Red Hook Community Justice Center, which he led for 22 years - In 1986, he became a court attorney for Hon. Leslie Crocker Snyder ### Education - Fordham University School of Law in — J.D. (1979) - University of Notre Dame — B.A. (1975) - B.A. — University of Wisconsin at Whitewater ### Additional information - adj-prof, New York University, 2004-present - Mayor Eric Adams declared October 26, 2022 “The Honorable Judge Calabrese Day” - Appointed to the criminal court in April 1997 and was reappointed in 2007 and 2017. - Worked in that capacity until his judicial appointment in 1997. - Practitioner, Hon. Leslie Crocker Snyder, 1986-1997 - Practitioner, Legal Aid Society, 1979-1985 - Began his career in 1979 as a trial attorney for the Legal Aid Society. - Recognition: His work inspired similar projects nationwide and internationally - The Center for Court Innovations created an educational scholarship in his honor - Birth place: New York City, NY ## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/14611/alex-m-calabrese/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14611/alex-m-calabrese/) - [New York Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14611/alex-m-calabrese/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14611/alex-m-calabrese/) - [Interview with Hon. Alex Calabrese & Allison Morey - Historical Society of the New York Courts](https://history.nycourts.gov/about_period/dispensing-justice-calabrese) - [Alex M. Calabrese - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Alex_M._Calabrese) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/alex-m-calabrese-14611", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/alex-m-calabrese-14611", "name": "Alex M. Calabrese | KnowJudges", "description": "Alex M. Calabrese, New York Supreme 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/alex-m-calabrese-14611#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/alex-m-calabrese-14611#judge", "name": "Alex M. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-99a7824bb8e009643f842c03) — 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. - [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.