--- title: "Vanessa Fang | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vanessa-fang" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Vanessa Fang Richmond County Housing Court · Housing Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Richmond County Housing Court - 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, New York County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2021 to 2026 - New York City Housing Court judge appointed in 2021, serving a five‐year term and presiding over residential landlord‐tenant cases in the Civil Court’s Housing Parts - NYS Unified Court System, Court Attorney, 2010 to 2021 - Attorney registration: Vanessa Fang, Registration #4765236, New York State Unified Court System, 25 Beaver St, New York, NY 10004 ### Education - St. John's University School of Law — J.D. (2009) - Boston University — B.S. (2005) ### Additional information - Appointment: June 2021, by the Chief Administrative Judge of the State of New York for a five‐year term (2021–2026) - As a Resolution Part Judge, she handles pre‐trial matters and settlement efforts, with motions generally decided within 30 days. ## 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=6EaHM7lQk_PLUS_gvTlPZl_PLUS_vrNg%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6EaHM7lQk_PLUS_gvTlPZl_PLUS_vrNg%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6EaHM7lQk_PLUS_gvTlPZl_PLUS_vrNg%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. Vanessa Fang](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6EaHM7lQk_PLUS_gvTlPZl_PLUS_vrNg%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vanessa-fang", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vanessa-fang", "name": "Vanessa Fang | KnowJudges", "description": "Vanessa Fang, Richmond County Housing Court. 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All litigants and attorneys must identify themselves at the beginning of each virtual appearance and make efforts to appear by video. Telephone appearances should be used on a limited basis unless video capabilities/functions are not available. Virtual appearances are conducted with the same rules and decorum of in-person courtroom appearances. Background noise and distractions should be eliminated or kept to a minimum. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Adjournments a. If a party is experiencing technical difficulties on a virtual appearance, the party must notify the court promptly. If a party joins virtually, but subsequently cannot be reached and has not otherwise informed the court of technical issues, the court may enter a default or adjourn the case at the court’s discretion. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Conferences and appearances 5. All attorneys must file a notice of appearance in each case in which they are appearing in proper, separate form. A substitution, withdrawal or discharge of counsel must be in proper form. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Adjournments 6. All litigants and attorneys shall limit communications to the court/part to necessary matters. Applications for adjournments are not accepted by phone or email. Emails shall be directed to the Part email. The court may not engage in any ex parte communication. Any communication concerning a proceeding shall include all parties. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Adjournments 7. Parties may consent to a first adjournment by stipulation. Subsequent adjournments may be granted upon approval of the court for good cause. All stipulations to adjourn must set forth the purpose for the adjournment. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Conferences and appearances 8. All proposed stipulations of settlement must be submitted for review by the court. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Motion practice 9. All motions must be filed at least one business day (24 hours) prior to return date and time of the motion. No papers will be accepted by the court for filing by email. Oral argument is required on all motions unless informed otherwise by the court. Courtesy working paper copies of motions are to be submitted to the Part at least one week in advance of oral arguments. Previously filed papers must be annexed to a motion even in an e-filed case. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Adjournments 10. Parties must notify the court immediately if there is a settlement, discontinuance, or stay of the proceeding. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Conferences and appearances 11. Parties must notify the court at least one week in advance of the court appearance if a party or witness requires the assistance of an interpreter. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Conferences and appearances 12. A pre-hearing conference will be scheduled on all matters in which a hearing is to be held. Parties must be prepared to discuss settlement along with the number of days expected for the hearing, the number of witnesses, the number and type of exhibits, and other logistics. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/VFang.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 ### Shared court rules - [22 NYCRR Part 208 — Uniform Civil Rules New York City Civil Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-00f2d08e4f52c6cb4937) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [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.