--- title: "Leslie A. Granger | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/leslie-a-granger" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Leslie A. Granger 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 - Judge Civil Court of the City of New York, Housing Part, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas 2024 to 2029 - In April 2026, Judge Granger signed a contempt order in a Harlem housing case, authorizing the arrest of Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement CEO Malcolm Punter after the nonprofit failed to complete court‐ordered repairs at 306 West 114th Street. - Appointed in August 2024 to the Housing Court of the City of New York (Bronx County) by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas - New York City Housing Court judge for Bronx County, appointed in 2024 by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas to serve a five‐year term, presiding over residential summary proceedings in the Civil Court’s Housing Parts - NYS Unified Court System Associate Court Attorney, 2018 to 2024 - Heiberger & Associates Senior Associate Attorney 2018 to 2018 - Before becoming a judge, Granger worked in housing‐related legal matters as an associate court attorney with the New York State Office of Court Administration from 2018. - Daniels Norelli Cecere & Tavel Senior Associate Attorney 2016 to 2018 - The Law Offices of Scott D. Gross Associate Attorney 2015 to 2016 - Graduate Law Fellow and Staff Attorney 2009 to 2013 - Earlier, she was an associate at Heiberger & Associates, P.C. and Goldfarb & Goldfarb, and held the role of a graduate law fellow at Albany Law School (2009–2011) - She also served as administrative staff attorney at the Albany Law Clinic and Justice Center, and previously as a software engineer ### Education - Albany Law School — J.D. (2008) - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — B.S. (2004) ### Additional information - Senior Associate Attorney 2013 to 2015 - Goldfarb & Goldfarb, Esqs. - Albany Law School Clinical Legal Studies Program. - The judge’s order was part of escalating measures to compel compliance ## 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=S6utuMxexZnoQzjhBFEk_PLUS_w%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=S6utuMxexZnoQzjhBFEk_PLUS_w%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=S6utuMxexZnoQzjhBFEk_PLUS_w%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. Leslie A. Granger](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=S6utuMxexZnoQzjhBFEk_PLUS_w%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/leslie-a-granger", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/leslie-a-granger", "name": "Leslie A. Granger | KnowJudges", "description": "Leslie A. Granger, 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/leslie-a-granger#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/leslie-a-granger#judge", "name": "Leslie A. 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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.