Data: Q2 FY2025 · Source: SSA Public Data

New York

NY · Region NYC

38.9%

DDS Approval Rate

-0.9pp vs national avg

DDS Approval Rate

38.9%

National: 39.8%

3-Year Change

+1.3pp

Annual Receipts

101,580

FY2024

Hearing Offices

73 ALJs

Latest Monthly DDS Data

Initial Receipts

8,209

Initial Determinations

7,575

Initial Allowance Rate

38.2%

Initial Pending

21,897

Recon Determinations

2,136

Recon Allowance Rate

16.5%

Data period: 2026-02

Hearing Offices in New York

Office	Rank	Processing Days	Pending	Approval Rate	Judges
SYRACUSE	87	279	2,215	55.6%	9
WHITE PLAINS	107	291	0	67.4%	7
NEW YORK VARICK	129	314	1,336	70.8%	6
LONG ISLAND	130	317	1,935	75.0%	8
ALBANY	143	341	1,774	66.7%	9
BRONX	147	349	2,004	58.9%	9
QUEENS	147	349	1,522	77.6%	7
BUFFALO	150	351	1,452	53.1%	9
ROCHESTER	153	375	710	73.6%	3
NEW YORK	156	382	1,900	58.6%	14

ALJs in New York

73 judges, sorted by approval rate

Judge	Office	Approval Rate	Decisions	Awards
Ramrup, Sommattie	NEW YORK VARICK	100.0%	1	1
Leventer, Jan	QUEENS	92.2%	334	308
Kelly, Paul F	ALBANY	89.6%	268	240
Crawley, Brian J	LONG ISLAND	87.2%	188	164
Penalver, Moises	NEW YORK	85.9%	85	73
Farrell, John G	ALBANY	83.8%	302	253
Vecchio, Lucian A	NEW YORK	83.8%	117	98
Stagno, Linda A	LONG ISLAND	82.4%	313	258
Schiro, Kimberly L	BRONX	82.4%	34	28
Gray, Thomas C	NEW YORK VARICK	80.5%	369	297
Sedaca, Joani	NEW YORK	80.3%	310	249
Tobias, David	LONG ISLAND	79.6%	323	257
Pecoraro, Margaret L	QUEENS	78.4%	366	287
Devlin, Michael W	ROCHESTER	78.4%	412	323
Gonzalez, Robert	WHITE PLAINS	77.8%	266	207
Pizzuto, Marissa A	NEW YORK	77.6%	85	66
Stefanelli, Valorie	CHARLOTTE	77.6%	76	59
Schriver, Robert R	QUEENS	77.4%	190	147
Donaghy, Margaret A	QUEENS	76.7%	73	56
Lemoine, Brian W	WHITE PLAINS	75.3%	162	122
Kanner, Brian G	BRONX	75.2%	133	100
Miller, Jason A	NEW YORK VARICK	74.7%	348	260
Kilgannon, Patrick	LONG ISLAND	73.7%	262	193
Marcus, Michelle S	ALBANY	72.9%	218	159
Costello, John P	ROCHESTER	72.8%	81	59
Allen, Michelle I	LONG ISLAND	72.6%	190	138
Kearns, James	NEW YORK	71.4%	70	50
McKenna, Sandra M	QUEENS	70.6%	350	247
Singh, Sharda	WHITE PLAINS	70.4%	196	138
Cascio, Vincent M	WHITE PLAINS	70.1%	147	103
Smith, Jennifer G	SYRACUSE	69.9%	332	232
Tirrell, Scott R	LONG ISLAND	69.1%	337	233
Black-Pennington, Dale	ALBANY	68.3%	303	207
Berkowitz, Alan B	LONG ISLAND	67.9%	380	258
Patane, Arthur	ALBANY	67.8%	143	97
White Richards, Latanya	NEW YORK VARICK	67.5%	320	216
Kane, Brian	ROCHESTER	67.4%	310	209
Weiss, Andrew S	LONG ISLAND	67.1%	70	47
Eldred, Jeremy G	SYRACUSE	67.0%	330	221
Pinkus, Joshua	SPRINGFIELD MA	66.7%	129	86
Fein, Bruce S	SYRACUSE	66.4%	321	213
Stacchini, Michael J	WHITE PLAINS	64.7%	204	132
Bell, Stephan	BUFFALO	64.7%	201	130
Banks, Angela	BRONX	62.3%	273	170
Baird, Bryce	BUFFALO	61.8%	251	155
Suarez, Flor M	NEW YORK	61.4%	241	148
Soltes, Jr., Andrew J.	ALBANY	60.4%	404	244
Valkavich, Helen	NHC CHICAGO	60.3%	252	152
Mulvey, Jude B	ALBANY	59.1%	154	91
Hoffman, Robyn L	SYRACUSE	58.5%	176	103

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