"The Robing Room: NY State Judges

Hon. Michelle Schreiber	See Rating Details
Housing Court
New York County	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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Other

Comment #: NY13565
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
You rule against God's people while you haven't seeing their exhibits. But your housing wish your filthy rich NYC all of the sudden is all garbage your evil and don't know how to Sheppard the least.i got my own piece of land. Funny the people fit but you judge don't fit when it counts to the truth. The Holy Spirit is the truth you can't take the truth to calvary. I grew up with older then 100 125 125 130 grow up

Litigant

Comment #: NY13354
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I became disable in 2018, when my landlord failed to adhere to state and city laws regarding pesticide use, HEPA vacuuming, and tenant protections regarding asbestos and mold. Judge Schreiber was the original judge who heard my case in 2018 and 2022. She never once charged the landlord with contempt of court though they routinely violated her orders. She forced me to settle my case instead of charging the landlord with Contempt of court which included fines. She never looked at all the photos and videos I had. Instead, she blamed ME for "access issues." For 4 years, I told the judge and landlord where the roaches and mice where coming from 4 years ago when false backs were put behind my lower kitchen cabinets in 2018 and 2019. They only took down my upper cabinets this May and found the same holes and cracks in the walls, dead and live roaches, and eggs ready to burst. Judge Schreiber sided with the landlord's lawyer who actually completed a 3 year term on the NYC Rent Guidelines Board. Because my SSDI income was above the limits to get a free lawyer, I had no legal representation. I have been diagnosed with asthma, vocal cord dysfunction, neurological and ophthalmologic issues resulting from their negligence. Judge Schreiber is a disgrace. She is retiring so more tenants will not suffer from her failure to hold landlord's accountable. I plan on filing a major civil case against the landlord, pest control companies, and HPD for failure to uphold the laws that are on the books.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY13261
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Completely unprofessional, gets angry at litigants for no reason, short-tempered. Incapable of handling the job. Likes to exert power just for the sake of it. Lazy and does not want to write decisions. Mistreats pro se litigants. Lets her personal moods affect her rulings. Doesn't care what the law is, just how she feels about a litigant at any moment in time. In other words, fits right in as a housing court judge.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: NY13254
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is rude and yell’s she should be a bookkeeper not a judge because she involves herself in matters that have nothing to do with the case before her. She is disrespectful to counsel no gown person should be yelled at like he or she is a child just disgusting the way she yells. I didn’t know they were holding auditions to replace Judge Judy.

Other

Comment #: NY13113
Rating:1.0

Comments:
The judge is biased hostile and zero show of professionalism. Her own feelings is consider facts.

Other

Comment #: NY13111
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I've been in court with this judge on two different occasions. She is extremely hostile, rude toward the tenant and inappropriately and unprofessionally accommodating to the landlord. This is how I perceived her both times.
Not interested in the truth or justice. Biased.

Other

Comment #: NY11874
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
From the comments it appears that Judge Schreiber is heavily biased against tenants, and heavily biased against landlords.

Of course, not one comment addresses the merits of an issue or argument- they are all conclusory...

Judge Schreiber sounds like an excellent judge.

Other

Comment #: NY10852
Rating:10.0

Comments:
Amazing judge. Tough, fair, respectful, and most importantly JUST. It is amazing to see someone who actually cares.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: NY10669
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Biased.

Litigant

Comment #: NY10668
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Terrible. Biased against tenants and does not allow fair and legal arguments to be presented. She does favors to inside lawyers. This judge should be kicked out.

Litigant

Comment #: NY10563
Rating:3.0

Comments:
not really interested in promoting the advocacy competent of the law, she shows tendencies of biases in promoting fairness; hope she steps down or retires soon so that the justice system demonstrates better opportunity at fairness

curious to know her background as both a professional and personally-i.e., privileged background and therefore doesn't know the difference

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY10359
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Worst judge in New York.
Totally biased against tenants and all in favor of landlords.
Thanks to people like her is that justice system is a complete failure.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY8502
Rating:9.4

Comments:
Possibly the most intellectual and fair of all the Housing Court judges. I can not say enough good things about her even when she disagrees with my arguments.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY8389
Rating:4.6

Comments:
Mean spirited, bordering rude, especially to younger and owner/landlord's counsel. Extremely biased against owners/landlords. Does not follow statute mandates. Uses her biases to pressure litigants to resolve pre-trial issues, thus the low rating for ability to handle pre-trial matters.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY8176
Rating:7.1

Comments:
Judge Schreiber is very smart and knows the substantive law. Her temperament is horrible. She has zero empathy for represented tenants and insists they settle even if their landlord harassed them and brought a bogus eviction case. She regularly demeans lawyers.
Her temperament is like Jeckyl & Hyde. Some days she's very pleasant and others she's just nasty. She has no capacity to take constructive criticism

Litigant

Comment #: NY7954
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Garbage, the reason why this country is failing so serve the people, she works only for the landlords and her crooked BAR lawers, she shuts down pro-se, does not help actual people in need. If democracy was involved in our justice system, she would have be removed along time ago along with Judge Laurie Lau.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY7139
Rating:1.2

Comments:
Not a pleasant demeanor, more interested in clearing her calendar and leaving at 4:00 than seeking justice.

Litigant

Comment #: NY7062
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Rude, rude, rude. Dismissed 90% of my defenses as "irrelevant" before she fully listened to them. People like "Honorary" Schreiber perpetuate the "injustice system".

She didn't even notice that the landlord's attorney wrote "2016" on the date of the stipulation until I pointed that out.

Litigant

Comment #: NY6957
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This woman was unfair in every way. She refused petitioner and respondent the right to approach the bench and hear the proceedings, she refused to allow the respondent to speak in her defense, she refused to allow any evidence or witness on the respondents behalf. If she is the best of the four in Housing Court then we are all doomed to live in a box under the bridge!

Litigant

Comment #: NY4340
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Horrid.
She discussed the stipulation with the tenant (who owed six months rent) very diligently and kindly. NEVER even looked at me, the LL. I's as if I weren't even there. When I tried to say something, she blurted "keep quiet!". I had heard that she is the most leftist housing court judge in NYC, but she's even worse than I had expected.

Other

Comment #: NY3684
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
she is a compliant judge--with the "other" side or Lawyer. I bsuspect she does favors by ruling in favor of---

Other

Comment #: NY3601
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Waited 3 hours to get to Housing Part B bench. Informed that without building violation (HPD passed my inspection along to DOB) judge would not examine photos of building neglect. I was under impression that rules of evidence exist per Housing Court website and Nolo Press book on tenant self help. Felt pressured to withdraw proceeding w/o prejudice. Total time before bench two minutes. Never given name of opposing counsel. Overall perspective: how overwhelming it is for judges and lawyers in this part; 40 cases before my name was called. Lost trust in legal system.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY1800
Rating:1.3

Comments:
She is a terribly unprofessional person, with a nasty demeanor.

Other

Comment #: NY1615
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge is an arrogant snob

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY1416
Rating:1.0

Comments:
A friend of mine was a rent stabilized tenant of over 10 years in a building where the landlord never gave written leases. She was so pro-landlord it was disgusting. She constantly sustained ridiculous objections made by the landlord's aggressive lawyer, and prevented the tenant's attorney from getting the most basic and relevant evidence admitted. She was angry and rude to the tenant and his attorney, and clearly favored the landlord. She refused to allow the tenant's rebuttal witneses to testify that the landlord's only witness was a liar. Her conduct and demeanor in the courtroom were outrageously biased and deplorable, and represent everything I hate about civil litigation after 22 years of practice. She had no qualm evicting a tenant who presented clear evidence of a landlord-tenant relationship for over 10 years. It's shocking how hostile and rude she is to tenants and their rights.