--- title: "Sylvia Ash | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sylvia-ash-7975" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Sylvia Ash Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Judge ## Profile - Court: Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 2011-present - On April 20, 2022, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan sentenced Ash to 15 months in prison, a $80,000 fine, and two years’ supervised release - Sylvia G. Ash was a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Kings County (Brooklyn), serving from 2011 until her resignation in 2022, after being convicted in federal court of obstructing a major fraud investigation - In October 2019, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a complaint alleging Ash obstructed a federal investigation into fraud at the Municipal Credit Union (MCU), where she was chair of the board. ### Education - Howard University School of Law — J.D. (1984) - Stony Brook University — B.A. (1978) ### Additional information - Began as a judicial law clerk in New Jersey, then worked 20 years at the District Council 37 Law Department before becoming a judge in 2005, later elected to the Kings County Supreme Court in 2011 ## 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/7975/sylvia-ash/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7975/sylvia-ash/) - [Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7975/sylvia-ash/) - [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/7975/sylvia-ash/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sylvia-ash-7975", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sylvia-ash-7975", "name": "Sylvia Ash | KnowJudges", "description": "Sylvia Ash, Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York. 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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.