Comment #: NY12580
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Diane Costanzo shuffled the papers that were on her desk the afternoon she sentenced me to die as a homeless man in New York City in 2015. It is now almost 6 years later since that judgement was passed.
I have suffered enormously, & I often wonder if her conscience knaws at her psyche. Judge Costanzo should remember this quote from Machiavelli whose cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics said,
1-"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
2-"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."
3-"Politics have no relation to morals."

Comment #: NY12154
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Diane Costanzo should be removed from the bench immediately. She is very bias, rude,and unpleasant,also very distorted. I filed for paternity for my son while I was incarcerated because my sons mother got into another relationship with some other guy. She started using drugs and gave birth to another child who came out positive for opioids, ACS got involved and removed both children from her custody. I immediately filed for paternity. From the start she was very unorganized,rude,and very repugnant. The husband of my child's mother,father of my sons sibling never showed up to Court,my sons mother stated in open Court that I was the biological father, Judge Costanzo was supposed to grant filiation on this matter and cited that my son had a strong bond with the husband who never came to Court. She dismissed my paternity motion knowing that I was in prison and made a bias decision by dismissing my paternity, granting parental rights to a guy that refused to show up to Court, on top of that she demanded that ACS file adoption papers "BEFORE" she made her decision on the estoppel defense that the state was using against me. So basically she orchestrated a adoption "illegally" violating my due process. I was in prison,the mother of the child is on drugs,and the other guy not comming to Court..so she gave him parental rights knowing he was never going to show up to push the children towards adoption. My mother was at every hearing fighting for my son,Aswell as me by video from prison and we watched her do this. The New York State Appellate Division said "the judge should have dismissed the equitable estoppel defense " but she did not, in her own bias attempts to push my son towards adoption. She disregarded case law, disregarded that my son has a family that wants him, and violated my due process. And when she did render a decision it made no sense. She's bias towards minorities, and obviously has her own agenda.How are you going to push a child towards adoption when he has a loving family.How are you going to bypass case law decided by the Supreme Court of Appeals, to further her own agenda. She should be investigated and dismissed from the bench.Now she is in Brooklyn destroying families. We should protest her.

Comment #: NY11815
Rating:1.0
Comments:
This judge should be investigated for corruption, conflict of interest and bias. How can she award full custody of a child to a convicted felon convicted of endangering the welfare of a child and a founded abuse case with the Administration for Children's Services. How can she sign a protective order for a parent that abused both mother and child yet has no evidence of being abused himself. How can she tell a loving mother that she is "dragging a case on" simply for fighting for the right of supervised visits. How can she determine (with no mental health expertise) that a parent is too mentally ill to even have a visit with her child after 3 years! How can she tell a litigant that they are not allowed to appear with a private attorney and that she will select my attorney. How can she refuse to sign a visitation order for 3 years and still call herself a human being. This judge should be disbarred immediately.

Comment #: NY11572
Rating:1.0
Comments:
Judge Diane Costanzo does not have the character, expertise or experience to have ever been appointed a Queens Family Court Judge. She is a nightmare for families of color in Queens, New York.

Comment #: NY9642
Rating:4.0
Comments:
She makes mistakes at the begining and when ACS gets involved even if the children per doctor request need help she is not changing visitation after 2 years and she tolerates children been emotionally abuse and separates children from visiting their own family. She is not following safety protocols int he best interest of children