Ariel D. Chesler

Profile data snapshot: February 19, 2026 Details may have changed since.

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Ariel D. Chesler presides over civil cases in the Supreme Court of New York County, having served on the bench for 8 years. Judge Chesler was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2019 and ending in 2028.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 15.1 decisions per year

Higher than 98.88% of judges in the dataset

106 published decisions over 7 years

Favored Commercial Bonds: 96.0% of bail cases

Higher than 45.68% of judges in the dataset

24 bail cases favoring commercial bonds out of 25 bail cases

Blocked Affordable Bail: 100.0% of bail cases

Higher than 56.55% of judges in the dataset

25 bail cases without PSSB as most affordable out of 25 bail cases

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings

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Excessive Sentence Reductions

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Reassigned Reversals

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Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

106 decisions

2025

Wright v. City of New York

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Friends of Fort Greene Park v. New York City Parks & Recreation Dept.

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A.R. v. A.R.

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S.A. v. J.A.

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B.T. v. M.T.

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T.D.L. v. L.D.L.

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M.C.B. v. C.B.

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Lurie v. New York City Dept. of Educ.

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Kraemer v. Edelstein

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N.F. v. J.D.

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NYSCEF Decisions

42 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

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A.P. v. City of New York

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McCarthy v. City of New York

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Matter of Newsmax Media, Inc. v. Catsimatidis

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Gil-Frederick v. City of New York

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Dume v. City of New York

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Aykac v. City of New York

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Barbieri v. City of New York

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Perdomo v. City of New York

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Alberts v. City of New York

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Cruz de Gomez v. City of New York

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