--- title: "Elizabeth J. Yalin Tao | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-j-yalin-tao" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Elizabeth J. Yalin Tao New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, Housing Part · Housing Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, Housing Part - 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 - New York City Housing Court, Bronx County — judge, appointed 1994; reappointed 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024 - New York State Unified Court System — associate court attorney, Trial Part, 1992–1994 - New York State Unified Court System — senior court attorney, 1986–1992 ### Education - New York University — J.D. (1985) - George Washington University — B.A. (1982) ### Additional information - Current appointment term: 2024–2029. - New York State Unified Court System — senior law assistant, Trial Part, 1988–1992 - Housing Part B handles landlord–tenant disputes, eviction matters and other residential tenancy issues. - Initial appointment by Chief Administrative Judge Leo Milonas; subsequent appointing judges included Jonathan Lippman, Ann Pfau, A. Gail Prudenti and Lawrence K. Marks. - Office: 1118 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10456; telephone: (718) 618-1266. - Her father was a Citibank vice president in Manhattan; her grandfather, T. Y. Tao, headed Shell Oil’s Asiatic Petroleum Company in Shanghai. ## 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/JudicialDirectory) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [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) - [Hon. Elizabeth J. Yalin Tao](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=T2l1Hlrql5NK9Qkiz9Y0Dw%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-j-yalin-tao", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-j-yalin-tao", "name": "Elizabeth J. Yalin Tao | KnowJudges", "description": "Elizabeth J. Yalin Tao, New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, Housing Part. 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/elizabeth-j-yalin-tao#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-j-yalin-tao#judge", "name": "Elizabeth J. 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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.