--- title: "Rina Gurung | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/rina-gurung" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Rina Gurung 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, Housing Court, Civil Court of the City of New York,, Designated by Acting Chief Administrative Judge Tamiko Amaker, 2023 to Present - The first judge of Nepali heritage appointed in New York State, serving as a Housing Court Judge in the Civil Court of the City of New York since March 2023 - NYS Unified Court System, Court Attorney, 2018 to 2023 - Urban Justice Center, Community Development Project, Equal Justice Works VISTA Legal Fellow, 2015 to 2015 - Earlier, she was a tenants’ rights attorney at Legal Services NYC and an Equal Justice Works VISTA Legal Fellow at the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center ### Education - B.B.A. — Queens College, City University of New York — 2009 ### Additional information - Judge Gurung has been active in community organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of Adhikaar, a women‐led nonprofit supporting Nepali‐speaking communities, as Board Chair from 2016 to 2023 - Legal Services NYC, Staff Attorney, 2016 to 2018 - Judge Gurung presides over residential landlord–tenant matters in the Queens Housing Court. - Before becoming a judge, Gurung held the role of a Court Attorney in the NYC Civil Court system. - She also co‐chaired the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission’s Adopt‐A‐School program - Her appointment marks a milestone as the first judge of Nepali heritage in New York State. ## 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=o6fH1I1gE6829T/mUI/7XQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=o6fH1I1gE6829T/mUI/7XQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=o6fH1I1gE6829T/mUI/7XQ%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. Rina Gurung](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=o6fH1I1gE6829T/mUI/7XQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/rina-gurung", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/rina-gurung", "name": "Rina Gurung | KnowJudges", "description": "Rina Gurung, New York City Civil Court, Bronx 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.