--- title: "Anthony Cannataro | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anthony-cannataro-ny-court-of-appeals" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-22" --- # Anthony Cannataro New York Court of Appeals · Associate Judge ## Profile - Court: New York Court of Appeals - State: New York - Role: Associate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-08-22 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## 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.nycourts.gov/ctapps/news/annrpt/AnnRpt2025.pdf) - [Official roster](https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/news/annrpt/AnnRpt2025.pdf) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/news/annrpt/AnnRpt2025.pdf) - [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) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anthony-cannataro-ny-court-of-appeals", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anthony-cannataro-ny-court-of-appeals", "name": "Anthony Cannataro | KnowJudges", "description": "Anthony Cannataro, New York Court of Appeals. 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Wilkins, New York Supreme Court, New York County - 2000–2003: Principal law clerk to Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, New York Court of Appeals ### Education ### Additional information - He held the role of Acting Chief Judge from September 1, 2022, to April 18, 2023, before Rowan D. Wilson succeeded him - He has also served on the Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission of the New York State Courts and as co-chair of the LGBT Committee of the NYC Family Court Administrative Judge’s Advisory Council ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [New York Court of Appeals — Part 500 Rules of Practice](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-d17e5a6464917eebf1d3) — New York State Court of Appeals proceedings only; not federal appeals or Appellate Division proceedings. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/500rules10.htm). 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.