--- title: "Dominic R. Massaro | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/dominic-r-massaro-14913" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Dominic R. Massaro New York City Court · Administrative Law Judge ## Profile - Court: New York City Court - State: New York - Role: Administrative Law Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2010-2015 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2008-2009 - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 2005-2009 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Bronx County, New York, NY, 1987-2009 - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 1996-2004 - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 1987-1995 - Arbitrator, New York City Civil Court, ?-present - Administrative Law Judge, New York City Court, New York, NY, ?-present - His scholarly work included the treatise Cesare Beccaria, The Father of Criminal Justice, which won Italy’s International Dorso Prize - Before joining the judiciary, he served as an administrative law judge, New York City Commission on Human Rights commissioner, New York State Division of Human Rights commissioner, and arbitrator for the Civil Court of the City of New York ### Education - New York Law School — J.D. ### Additional information - Certificated to the Bronx County Supreme Court bench in 2010, 2012, and 2014. - Served in the Criminal Term of the Supreme Court and was appointed by Governor David A. Paterson in 2008 after earlier service on the New York State Court of Claims (appointed by Governor George Pataki in 1987). - United States Regional Director, Agency for Voluntary Service (ACTION), ?-present - Administrative Commissioner, NYS Division of Human Rights, NY, ?-present - Professional, United States Selective Service System, New York State Appeals Board, ?-present - Commissioner, New York City Commission on Human Rights, New York, NY, ?-present - Massaro received over 100 awards and citations, including the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award. - Massaro was a central personality in the organized Italian American community, holding the highest honors in national Italian American organizations. - He held the role of President Emeritus of the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, Historian of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), and Principal Representative of the American Judges Association at the U.N - His chivalric honors included being a Pontifical Knight of the Grand Cross of St. Gregory the Great and Knight of the Grand Cross of Merit of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta - Birth place: The Bronx, 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/14913/dominic-r-massaro/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14913/dominic-r-massaro/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14913/dominic-r-massaro/) - [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/14913/dominic-r-massaro/) - [Dominic R. Massaro - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Dominic_R._Massaro) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/dominic-r-massaro-14913", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/dominic-r-massaro-14913", "name": "Dominic R. Massaro | KnowJudges", "description": "Dominic R. Massaro, New York City 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/dominic-r-massaro-14913#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/dominic-r-massaro-14913#judge", "name": "Dominic R. 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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.