--- title: "Richard I. Horowitz | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-i-horowitz" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Richard I. Horowitz Suffolk County Court of Claims · Court of Claims Judge ## Profile - Court: Suffolk County Court of Claims - State: New York - Role: Court of Claims Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Suffolk County, NY, 2015-present - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 2015-2022 - Acting Justice of the Suffolk County Supreme Court (2015), appointed by Hon. A. Gail Prudenti - Deputy Bureau Chief, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, NY, 2014-2015 - Supervising Judge, Suffolk County District Court, NY, 2013-2013 - Acting Judge, New York County Court, Suffolk County, NY, 2011-2013 - Judge, Suffolk County District Court, NY, 2006-2013 - Judge on the Suffolk County District Court (2006–2013) and acting judge on the Suffolk County Court (2011–2013) - Judge on the New York State Court of Claims and has also served in multiple roles within Suffolk County’s judicial system ### Education - Hofstra University — J.D. (1987) ### Additional information - Joined the Court of Claims by former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in 2015. - President of Board of Judges, Suffolk County District Court, NY, 2013-2013 - Practitioner, Legal Aid Society of New York, The MICA Project, NY, 2004-2006 - Practitioner, Legal Aid Society of New York, Criminal Defense Division, NY, 1987-2004 - BA — SUNY at Binghamton — 1984 - Suffolk County Criminal Bar Association He also helped create the Neuroscience and the Law Committee for the Suffolk County Bar Association - received the Judge of the Year Award from that bar ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide The New York Court of Claims publishes courtroom evidence-presentation technology, including document/photo/object/video presentation and laptop connections in specified courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: With minimal effort, attorneys can present documents, color photos, objects, videos, and use electronic presentations to bring details to the court. [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### 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=kG4R_PLUS_MyQetw/UorhT1FArw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=kG4R_PLUS_MyQetw/UorhT1FArw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=kG4R_PLUS_MyQetw/UorhT1FArw%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14805/richard-i-horowitz/) - [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) - [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14805/richard-i-horowitz/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-i-horowitz", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-i-horowitz", "name": "Richard I. 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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.