--- title: "Elena Goldberg-Velazquez | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elena-goldberg-velazquez-ny-trial-e1fbf02f" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Elena Goldberg-Velazquez Westchester County Supreme Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Westchester County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice of the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District — Elected 2022–2036, currently assigned in Westchester County - Associate Justice, New York State Appellate Division, Second Department — Appointed August 18, 2025 by Governor Kathy Hochul - Associate Justice of the New York State Appellate Division, Second Department, appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul in August 2025, and also serves on the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court for the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts - Appellate Term, Supreme Court (9th & 10th Judicial Districts) — Appointed in 2024 by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas; first Latinx Justice from the Ninth Judicial District - Acting Family Court Judge, Westchester County — January–December 2022 - Judge, Yonkers City Court — Elected 2019–2022 ### Education ### Additional information - Justice, Supreme Court, 9th JD, Elected, 2023 to 2036 - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Westchester County - Chief Administrative Judge Zayas highlighted her “legal acumen, integrity, hard work, and sound judgment” ## 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=tC0futJfunK7TThB4H3h1g%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=tC0futJfunK7TThB4H3h1g%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=tC0futJfunK7TThB4H3h1g%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=tC0futJfunK7TThB4H3h1g%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elena-goldberg-velazquez-ny-trial-e1fbf02f", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elena-goldberg-velazquez-ny-trial-e1fbf02f", "name": "Elena Goldberg-Velazquez | KnowJudges", "description": "Elena Goldberg-Velazquez, Westchester County Supreme Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-07", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elena-goldberg-velazquez-ny-trial-e1fbf02f#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elena-goldberg-velazquez-ny-trial-e1fbf02f#judge", "name": "Elena Goldberg-Velazquez", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elena-goldberg-velazquez-ny-trial-e1fbf02f", "jobTitle": "Justice", "worksFor": { "@type": "GovernmentOrganization", "name": "Westchester County Supreme Court" }, "sameAs": [ "https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=tC0futJfunK7TThB4H3h1g%3D%3D" ] }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "KnowJudges", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "New York", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/state/new-york" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Elena Goldberg-Velazquez", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elena-goldberg-velazquez-ny-trial-e1fbf02f" } ] } ] } ``` ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [22 NYCRR Part 200 — Uniform Rules Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-5e0f997e8c334d15fbc4) — State criminal proceedings only; section-specific court and case exceptions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction). Collected 2026-10-27. - [22 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-bf1c7eb9020e52eed65d) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Practice Rules of the Appellate Division — 22 NYCRR Part 1250](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-f25158f78380e6ddc10f) — Appellate Division matters only; not Appellate Terms or the Court of Appeals. Preserve the applicable department rules. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD1/Practice&Procedures/rules.shtml). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Appellate Division, Second Department — 22 NYCRR Part 670](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-5535b895773568694ec6) — Second Judicial Department Appellate Division proceedings only. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD2/pdf/Local_Rules.pdf). 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.