--- title: "Changyong Li | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/changyong-li-nyc-civil-new-york-1f3cb483" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-27" --- # Changyong Li New York City Civil Court, New York County · New York City Civil Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York City Civil Court, New York County - State: New York - Role: New York City Civil Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge Wendy Changyong Li is an elected judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Manhattan), serving since 2019 for a term that runs through 2028 - In 2024, Judge Li ran for Queens County Surrogate’s Court Judge but lost the Democratic primary to Cassandra Johnson - Current position: Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County - She has over 25 years of legal experience in private practice at prominent New York law firms and has taught at Oxford’s St. Catherine’s College ### Education - Judge Li is a first‐generation immigrant who grew up in China and later studied at Peking University (J.D.), Oxford University (M.Sc. in Law and Finance), and Harvard University (graduate certificate in International Relations). ### Additional information - Current assignment: New York County Civil Part - She presides over civil cases in the 2nd Municipal Court District of New York County ## 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=BkuZf3QPwaQTQk9Hv/qIig%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=BkuZf3QPwaQTQk9Hv/qIig%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=BkuZf3QPwaQTQk9Hv/qIig%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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=BkuZf3QPwaQTQk9Hv/qIig%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/changyong-li-nyc-civil-new-york-1f3cb483", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/changyong-li-nyc-civil-new-york-1f3cb483", "name": "Changyong Li | KnowJudges", "description": "Changyong Li, New York City Civil Court, New York County. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-208-uniform-civil-rules-new-york-city-civil-court). 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.