Richard A. Tsai

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

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Richard A. Tsai presides over civil cases in the Supreme Court of New York County, having served on the bench for 9 years. Judge Tsai was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2018 and ending in 2027.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 5.0 decisions per year

Higher than 93.73% of judges in the dataset

30 published decisions over 6 years

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds: 96.8% of bail cases

Higher than 52.65% of judges in the dataset

30 bail cases favoring commercial bonds out of 31 bail cases

Blocked Affordable Bail: 100.0% of bail cases

Higher than 56.55% of judges in the dataset

31 bail cases without PSSB as most affordable out of 31 bail cases

Disproportionate Carcerality: 0 total years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

30 decisions

2025

S.M. v. New York City Tr. Auth.

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2024

Gur Assoc. LLC v. Convenience on Eight Corp.

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2024

Country-Wide Ins. Co. v. Yao Jian Ping

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2024

Gur Assoc. LLC v. Convenience On Eight Corp.

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2024

Goldenberg v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth.

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2024

City of New York v. Elizabeth St., Inc.

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2023

Gur Assoc. LLC v. Convenience on Eight Corp.

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2023

Country-Wide Ins. Co. v. Hackensack Surgery Ctr., LLC

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2023

Pickens v. Lane

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2023

Afghan House, Inc. v. Inshandbags Inc.

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NYSCEF Decisions

144 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2025

Friedman v. New York City Tr. Auth.

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2025

Trujillo-Diaz v. New York City Tr. Auth.

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2025

Wheat v. New York City Tr. Auth.

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2025

Chin v. Long Is. R.R.

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2025

Geloso v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J.

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2025

Piragua v. New York City Tr. Auth.

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2025

Holder v. New York City Tr. Auth.

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2025

Pascual v. New York City Tr. Auth.

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2025

Pizzola v. Tutor Perini Corp.

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Pena v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth.

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