Market opportunity · NY
Strong marketNew York.
Roughly 101,580 new disability claims are filed in New York each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $140M annually.
101,580
Initial claims / year
38.9%
Nat'l: 39.8%
296 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$140M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in New York hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leventer, Jan | QUEENS | 95.3% | 275 |
| Kelly, Paul F | ALBANY | 92.1% | 280 |
| Pecoraro, Margaret | QUEENS | 83.5% | 248 |
| Sedaca, Joani | NEW YORK | 82.4% | 222 |
| Farrell, John G | ALBANY | 80.8% | 219 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- SYRACUSE253 days
- BUFFALO264 days
- NEW YORK VARICK275 days
Slowest
- NEW YORK340 days
- ALBANY319 days
- BRONX316 days
Methodology · Figures reflect SSA public data through the latest release. Fee pool estimates annualize DDS intake at a conservative 20% retention rate with a 75% cap hit on retained backpay — not a performance guarantee. Approval rates describe historical decisions, not likelihoods on individual cases.