--- title: "Leslie E Granger | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/leslie-e-granger-nyc-civil-new-york-aadcf47f" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-27" --- # Leslie E Granger New York City Civil Court, New York County, Housing Part · New York City Housing Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York City Civil Court, New York County, Housing Part - State: New York - Role: New York City Housing Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Leslie A. Granger is a judge of the Housing Court of the City of New York in Bronx County, appointed in 2024 by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas for a five‐year term - Before joining the bench, Granger held the role of an Associate Court Attorney with the New York State Office of Court Administration from 2018. - Administrative Staff Attorney at the Albany Law Clinic and Justice Center (2011–2012) - New York City Housing Court Judge, New York City Civil Court, New York County, Housing Part - Earlier, she worked in private practice as an associate at Heiberger & Associates, P.C. and Goldfarb & Goldfarb - Judge Granger’s work focuses on resolving housing disputes that directly affect New Yorkers’ living conditions, as part of the NYC Housing Court’s mission to ensure access to justice in landlord‐tenant matters ### Education ### Additional information - Current assignment: New York County Housing Part - Her legal career began after a two‐year period as a software engineer - Judge Granger presides over residential summary proceedings in the Housing Parts of the New York City Civil Court, including matters such as unlawful eviction appeals, rent deposit disputes, and housing repair proceedings. ## 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 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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](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-e-granger-nyc-civil-new-york-aadcf47f", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/leslie-e-granger-nyc-civil-new-york-aadcf47f", "name": "Leslie E Granger | KnowJudges", "description": "Leslie E Granger, New York City Civil Court, New York County, Housing Part. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-208-uniform-civil-rules-new-york-city-civil-court). 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.