Housing Court Judge Online Survey

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Brooklynites: Who Are The Worst Judges In Brooklyn Housing Court? Take The Survey Today!

According to the Legal Aid Society, there were 12,000 evictions in NYC in 2023. Approximately 3,500 happened in Brooklyn. It's time to hold Brooklyn Housing Court Judges accountable!

Sponsored by Equality for Flatbush. E4F is a Black Lives Matter organization that has fought gentrification, displacement and police violence in Brooklyn, NY since 2013.

PLEASE CHECK OFF THE JUDGE THAT IS IN CHARGE OF YOUR CASE. ONLY 1 JUDGE PER SURVEY. IF YOU HAVE HAD MULTIPLE JUDGES PLEASE DO A SEPARATE SURVEY

My court case began (does not have to be exact, please use best guess)

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My court case ended (leave blank if case still happening; does not have to be exact, please use best guess)

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Choose Housing case type: *

Tenant Harassment

Nonpayment - Generally for Rent-Stabilized Tenants

Holdover - Generally for tenants that live in private homes

HPD Case (repairs)

Other:

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Who was your judge?

Paul, Dweynie (JSC, Supervising Judge)

McClanahan, Kevin (Supervising Judge)

Alleyne, Keisha

Basu, Shantonu

Aragona, Maria

Cohen, Hannah

Capell, Heela-Doreen

Donoghue, Elizabeth

D'Souza, Leroy Austin

Golden, Tashanna B.

Edwards, Ellen E.

Grant, Sulay

Epstein, Jill

Harris, David

Fynes, Pamela Patton

Howard, Juliet P.

Gotlieb, Brian

Jimenez, Sergio

Kennedy, Odessa

Poley, Julie

King, Edward. H

Rumprecht-Behrens , Agata

Neckles, D. Bernadettee

Sherman, Malikah

O'Neale, Inga M.

Smith, Remy

Stein, Saul

Weisberg, Michael

Experience: Choose all statements that describe your experience with housing court judge(s) since 2020.

In your experience, did your judge (select all that apply):

NOT help you understand what was happening in court

Raise their voice and/or yelled at you

NOT ask or care about the repairs needed in your apartment

NOT ask or care about the tenant harassment you experienced

Act disrespectfully towards you because of your; race/gender/migrant status/income level

NOT allow you to show evidence in court

Take the landlord's side without properly examining the case

Rule in favor of your landlord and ignored the harassment you experienced and the repairs you needed

NOT allow you to have an interpreter present

Rule against "Order to Show Cause" after an attempt to pay back rent

Rule against "Order to Show Cause" after illegal eviction (landlord changed locks/code on you, threw belongings out of apartment, etc)

NOT ask or care about physical/sexual violence you experienced by landlord, super, etc

Give you 3 months to find a new place to live

Interrupt you when you spoke

NOT allow you to defend yourself or tell your side

Refuse to give you additional time to find housing after you asked

Seem more concerned with how much you owed the landlord than the issues brought to court

Raise their voice and/or yell at you or your lawyer in front of the entire courtroom

Blame you for your situation

Act argumentative, hostile, and aggressive towards you in court

Embarrassed you in court in any capacity

Seemed to be friends or overly friendly with your landlord and/or their attorney

Other:

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Anything else you briefly want to say about this judge and/or your experience?

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