--- title: "Gary A. Rosa | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gary-a-rosa" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Gary A. Rosa Delaware County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Delaware County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Family 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, Drug Treatment Court, Delaware County, Designated by Administrative Judge, 2016 to Present - Acting Judge, County Court, Delaware County, Designated by Administrative Judge, 2016 to Present - Judge of the Delaware County Family Court in New York’s 6th Judicial District, elected in 2015 and serving a term through 2030 - Judge, Family Court, Delaware County, Elected, 2016-2025 - 2015 – Elected Delaware County Family Court Judge, filling a newly created seat - Town Justice, Middletown Town Court, Delaware County, Elected, 1992 to 2015 ### Education - Albany Law School — J.D. (1985) ### Additional information - Re-Elected, 2026 to 2070 - Private Practice, Solo Practitioner, 1986 to 2015 - NYS Dept. of State Legislative Counsel 1986 to 1988 - B.A. — SUNY @ Plattsburgh — 1982 - Judge Rosa presides over family cases in Delaware County, NY, and is also designated as an acting judge of the Delaware County Court and a judge on the Delaware County Drug Treatment Court. - The Delaware County Democratic Committee has endorsed his re‐election. - He is noted for his community ties, having lived and worked in Margaretville for many years ## 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=xlWhKhE6Tkt5CORThi2muw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=xlWhKhE6Tkt5CORThi2muw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=xlWhKhE6Tkt5CORThi2muw%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. Gary A. Rosa](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=xlWhKhE6Tkt5CORThi2muw%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gary-a-rosa", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gary-a-rosa", "name": "Gary A. Rosa | KnowJudges", "description": "Gary A. Rosa, Delaware County Family 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/gary-a-rosa#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gary-a-rosa#judge", "name": "Gary A. 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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.