--- title: "Helene Donlan Sacco | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/helene-donlan-sacco-15058" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Helene Donlan Sacco New York City Family Court · Supervising Judge ## Profile - Court: New York City Family Court - State: New York - Role: Supervising Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Richmond County, Richmond County, New York, NY, 2010-present - Supervising Judge, New York City Family Court, Richmond County, New York, NY, 2010-present - Judge, New York City Family Court, Richmond County, New York, NY, 2019-2028 - Judge, New York City Family Court, Richmond County, New York City, NY, 2009-2028 - held the role of a judge in the Family Court from 2006 to 2018, appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and reappointed in 2019 by Mayor Bill de Blasio - Judge, New York City Family Court, Richmond County, New York, NY, 2009-2018 - Acting Justice, Richmond County Supreme Court — appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau in 2010 - Supervising Judge, Family Court of the City of New York (Richmond County) — appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau in 2010 - Judge, New York City Family Court, Richmond County, New York City, NY, 2006-2008 - Court Attorney to Civil Court Judge, NYS Unified Court System, NY, 1997-2006 ### Education - Saint Johns University — J.D. (1977) - Saint Johns University — B.A. (1974) ### Additional information - Practitioner, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 1996-1997 - Also recognized for her work in family law, divorce, separation, mediation, and estate planning - The Supervising Judge for the Family Court of the City of New York in Richmond County (Staten Island) and an Acting Justice of the Richmond County Supreme Court - Sacco is credited with streamlining family court processes in Staten Island and has been recognized for her leadership in resolving complex family cases ## 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/15058/helene-donlan-sacco/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15058/helene-donlan-sacco/) - [New York City Family Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15058/helene-donlan-sacco/) - [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/15058/helene-donlan-sacco/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/helene-donlan-sacco-15058", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/helene-donlan-sacco-15058", "name": "Helene Donlan Sacco | KnowJudges", "description": "Helene Donlan Sacco, New York City Family Court. 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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.