--- title: "Clifton A. Nembhard | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/clifton-a-nembhard" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Clifton A. Nembhard Queens County Housing Court · Housing Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Queens 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, Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge A. Gail Prudenti, 2013 to Present - Judge in the Housing Court of the City of New York (Queens County), serving since his appointment in 2013 by Chief Administrative Judge A. Gail Prudenti of the New York State Unified Court System - New York State Unified Court System, Associate Court Attorney, 2005 to Present - New York State Unified Court System, Senior Court Attorney, 2003 to Present - New York State Unified Court System, Court Attorney, 2000 to Present - Chevin Keely & Hatzis, Associate, 1999 to Present - Before becoming a judge, Nembhard held the role of a court attorney for the New York State Unified Court System from 2000, rising to Senior Court Attorney in 2003 and Associate Court Attorney in 2005. - He also worked as an associate at Chevin, Keely & Hatzis for one year ### Education - St. John;s University School of Law — J.D. (1998) ### Additional information ## 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=mdKH0/j1SD9jjLSzRoECvw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=mdKH0/j1SD9jjLSzRoECvw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=mdKH0/j1SD9jjLSzRoECvw%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. Clifton A. Nembhard](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=mdKH0/j1SD9jjLSzRoECvw%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/clifton-a-nembhard", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/clifton-a-nembhard", "name": "Clifton A. Nembhard | KnowJudges", "description": "Clifton A. Nembhard, Queens 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/clifton-a-nembhard#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/clifton-a-nembhard#judge", "name": "Clifton A. 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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.