Immigration court
New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court
29 judges · NY
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 11,500
- Granted
- 63,327
- Denied
- 29
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At New York Broadway, NY, 29 judges range from 0.7% to 66.4%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court granted asylum in 7.3% of 39,698 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 15.4% (74,827 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Laforest, Brigitte (15,841 total cases), Brennan, Noel A. (12,559 total cases), and Christensen, Jesse B. (9,211 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Ecuador (19,134 decided, 6.2% grant rate), Guatemala (6,233 decided, 4.3% grant rate), and Honduras (5,203 decided, 9.7% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-10-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 271 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
NY — Bronx, White Plains, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Poughkeepsie, Middletown, Accord, Amawalk, Amenia, Annandale On Hudson, Arden, Ardsley, Ardsley On Hudson, Armonk and 217 more cities
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laforest, Brigitte | 56.5% | 7,563 | 5,828 | 13,391 |
| Brennan, Noel A. | 66.4% | 7,228 | 3,653 | 10,881 |
| Christensen, Jesse B. | 32.1% | 2,530 | 5,347 | 7,877 |
| Poczter, Aviva L. | 36.0% | 2,727 | 4,844 | 7,571 |
| Mckee, James | 4.2% | 203 | 4,597 | 4,800 |
| Mccarthy, James M. | 20.6% | 932 | 3,599 | 4,531 |
| Cassin, Olivia L. | 59.1% | 2,010 | 1,393 | 3,403 |
| Chung, Jennifer | 15.0% | 622 | 3,527 | 4,149 |
| Ranasinghe, Arya S. | 17.4% | 570 | 2,699 | 3,269 |
| Perl, Adam | 8.9% | 324 | 3,327 | 3,651 |
| Lazare-Raphael, Shirley | 15.1% | 524 | 2,953 | 3,477 |
| Calvelli, Andrew | 19.3% | 661 | 2,768 | 3,429 |
| Krasinski, Carolyn | 11.5% | 369 | 2,828 | 3,197 |
| Bartleson, Thomas | 22.7% | 683 | 2,321 | 3,004 |
| Navarro, Maria E. | 44.8% | 1,342 | 1,652 | 2,994 |
| Dodd, Diane | 5.7% | 158 | 2,603 | 2,761 |
| Lebreton, Tanawa | 16.4% | 398 | 2,032 | 2,430 |
| Habib, Fayaz | 5.4% | 112 | 1,966 | 2,078 |
| Xu, ShaSha | 4.6% | 94 | 1,965 | 2,059 |
| Diao, Anna | 9.7% | 190 | 1,760 | 1,950 |
| Sanon, Chevone Teranza. | 9.2% | 171 | 1,691 | 1,862 |
| Lee, Kalenna | 12.2% | 229 | 1,654 | 1,883 |
| Grogan, Edward | 17.1% | 256 | 1,239 | 1,495 |
| Martinez Soler, Dianna Michelle. | 24.9% | 324 | 975 | 1,299 |
| Taylor, Khalilah | 23.9% | 210 | 667 | 877 |
| Stephens, Christopher | 6.6% | 29 | 410 | 439 |
| Lawrence, Clayton | 1.2% | 4 | 336 | 340 |
| Weisert, Thomas | 0.7% | 2 | 283 | 285 |
| Weintraub, Jacob | 2.4% | 5 | 207 | 212 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Visiting Judge 11, Urraca, Yaniris. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 6.2% | 1,186 | 17,948 | 19,134 |
| Guatemala | 4.3% | 268 | 5,965 | 6,233 |
| Honduras | 9.7% | 507 | 4,696 | 5,203 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.9% | 98 | 5,081 | 5,179 |
| Peru | 5.0% | 201 | 3,855 | 4,056 |
| Colombia | 9.2% | 371 | 3,662 | 4,033 |
| Venezuela | 8.4% | 317 | 3,439 | 3,756 |
| Senegal | 6.1% | 209 | 3,245 | 3,454 |
| Guinea | 28.4% | 751 | 1,889 | 2,640 |
| China | 67.9% | 1,589 | 750 | 2,339 |
| Mexico | 15.1% | 281 | 1,580 | 1,861 |
| El Salvador | 22.7% | 418 | 1,426 | 1,844 |
| India | 41.1% | 614 | 880 | 1,494 |
| Ghana | 39.0% | 434 | 680 | 1,114 |
| Bangladesh | 56.8% | 610 | 464 | 1,074 |
| Jamaica | 16.7% | 172 | 856 | 1,028 |
| Nicaragua | 17.2% | 152 | 732 | 884 |
| Mauritania | 16.7% | 147 | 733 | 880 |
| Haiti | 10.5% | 87 | 739 | 826 |
| Russia | 66.7% | 379 | 189 | 568 |
| Albania | 67.3% | 352 | 171 | 523 |
| Burkina Faso | 35.4% | 167 | 305 | 472 |
| Dominica | 0.5% | 2 | 362 | 364 |
| Pakistan | 49.0% | 178 | 185 | 363 |
| Brazil | 8.4% | 26 | 283 | 309 |
| Gambia | 20.1% | 58 | 231 | 289 |
| Uzbekistan | 60.1% | 172 | 114 | 286 |
| Georgia | 53.6% | 148 | 128 | 276 |
| Nepal | 62.2% | 150 | 91 | 241 |
| Kosovo | 62.9% | 144 | 85 | 229 |
| Mali | 19.6% | 43 | 176 | 219 |
| Nigeria | 50.8% | 98 | 95 | 193 |
| Togo | 18.7% | 36 | 157 | 193 |
| Soviet Union | 76.3% | 132 | 41 | 173 |
| Chile | 13.3% | 20 | 130 | 150 |
| Turkey | 23.4% | 34 | 111 | 145 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 43.5% | 60 | 78 | 138 |
| Ukraine | 71.8% | 74 | 29 | 103 |
| Singapore | 7.8% | 8 | 94 | 102 |
| Romania | 7.8% | 7 | 83 | 90 |
| Panama | 8.9% | 8 | 82 | 90 |
| Vietnam | 11.2% | 10 | 79 | 89 |
| Afghanistan | 76.5% | 62 | 19 | 81 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 2.5% | 2 | 78 | 80 |
| Chad | 3.9% | 3 | 73 | 76 |
| Sri Lanka | 35.8% | 24 | 43 | 67 |
| Egypt | 53.7% | 36 | 31 | 67 |
| Cuba | 20.9% | 14 | 53 | 67 |
| Guyana | 33.3% | 22 | 44 | 66 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 61.3% | 38 | 24 | 62 |
| Paraguay | 7.4% | 4 | 50 | 54 |
| Yemen | 40.4% | 21 | 31 | 52 |
| Kazakhstan | 63.3% | 31 | 18 | 49 |
| Sudan | 22.4% | 11 | 38 | 49 |
| Congo | 12.5% | 6 | 42 | 48 |
| Morocco | 2.1% | 1 | 47 | 48 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 37.8% | 17 | 28 | 45 |
| Argentina | 9.1% | 4 | 40 | 44 |
| Angola | 14.0% | 6 | 37 | 43 |
| Jordan | 2.4% | 1 | 41 | 42 |
| Unknown Nationality | 35.3% | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| Belize | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Costa Rica | 10.7% | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| Azerbaijan | 40.7% | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Serbia | 77.8% | 21 | 6 | 27 |
| Bermuda | 52.0% | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Benin | 13.0% | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| Philippines | 22.7% | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| Belarus | 81.8% | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| Niger | 22.7% | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| Poland | 25.0% | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 84.2% | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| Sierra Leone | 42.1% | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 68.8% | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 81.2% | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| Cameroon | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Guinea Bissau | 12.5% | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Bhutan | 66.7% | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Mozambique | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Bahamas | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Israel | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Liberia | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Italy | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Hungary | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| South Korea | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Comoro Islands | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| St. Kitts, West Indies | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| AC | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Germany | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Slovak Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Central African Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |