Michael Faleck, a former clerk to Court of Appeals Judge Anthony Cannataro, has been tapped to join the Brooklyn Housing Court bench, his first judge position.

“Thank you to the judicial leadership for this amazing opportunity, to all those who supported me along the way, and to my colleagues for their ongoing support,” Faleck said. “I am humbled and honored to have been selected for this role, and to be joining in the extraordinarily important and impactful work of the New York City Housing Court.”

As a housing court judge, Faleck will hear and rule on tens of thousands of cases each year regarding landlord-tenant disputes like tenants not paying rent, evictions, harassment matters and building habitability and maintenance issues, like heating, pests, mold and water damages.

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