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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Hearing Office
ALBANY
Region 02Rank #152 of 160
Avg processing
323days
+59 vs national
Processing time
323
10.8 months
Hearing wait
9.0
months (current)
Cases pending
3,330
FY receipts
3,430
FY dispositions
1,861
Active judges
9
Video hearings
26%
of hearings held
Avg approval rate
59.6%
+1.8 vs avg
Backlog ratio
1.84
Growing
Rank
#152
of 160
Processing time in context
Fastest · 73 daysAvg · 264 daysSlowest · 673 days
The draw · approval spread across 9 judges
35%
92%
0%Median 56.2%100%
At ALBANY, approval rates range from 35.3% (Loughlin, John) to 92.0% (Kelly, Paul F) — a 57-pointspread. Assignment is effectively the luck of the draw, so the judge a case lands with can matter more than the office’s average. Plan for the median (56.2%), not the best case.
Judges at ALBANY (9)
| Judge | Approval | Decisions | Favorable | Denied | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly, Paul F | 92.0% | 238 | 219 | 19 | |
| Farrell, John G | 79.9% | 184 | 147 | 37 | |
| Black-Pennington, Dale | 70.1% | 194 | 136 | 58 | |
| Marcus, Michelle S | 56.3% | 112 | 63 | 49 | |
| Mulvey, Jude | 56.2% | 121 | 68 | 53 | |
| Soltes, Andrew | 53.1% | 258 | 137 | 121 | |
| Ba-Yunus, Asad | 41.6% | 250 | 104 | 146 | |
| Greisler, Gretchen | 40.4% | 146 | 59 | 87 | |
| Loughlin, John | 35.3% | 150 | 53 | 97 |