--- title: "Daniel M. Lewis | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-m-lewis-ny-trial-fefc721c" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-27" --- # Daniel M. Lewis Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County · Judge ## Profile - Court: Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County - State: New York - Role: 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, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, 2025 to Present - Daniel Lewis is a judge with a long and varied career in New York’s criminal justice system, most recently appointed to the New York City Criminal Court in April 2024 - In April 2024, Mayor Eric Adams appointed Judge Daniel Lewis to the New York City Criminal Court, bringing him to the bench after a career spanning private legal practice, prosecutorial work, and leadership roles in the Queens County District Attorney’s Office and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance’s Criminal Investigations Division - Criminal Court Judge — Queens County, NY (1992–2024) - Associate General Counsel & Civil Rights Compliance Officer — New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (1975–1977) - appointment, Judge Lewis held the role of a Justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, in the 11th Judicial District of New York ### Education ### Additional information - His appointment to the Criminal Court in 2024 was part of Mayor Adams’ initiative to strengthen the city’s judicial bench with experienced, diverse legal professionals - He was first elected in 1996 and re‐elected in 2009 - His judicial career began in 1992 when he joined the Criminal Court of the City of New York (Queens County) by then‐Mayor David Dinkins - Current court assignment: Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx 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=EG3EU8lY9wQ64Q8iGK3Qig%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=EG3EU8lY9wQ64Q8iGK3Qig%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=EG3EU8lY9wQ64Q8iGK3Qig%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=EG3EU8lY9wQ64Q8iGK3Qig%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-m-lewis-ny-trial-fefc721c", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-m-lewis-ny-trial-fefc721c", "name": "Daniel M. 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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.