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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
State Profile
New York
NY · Region NYC
DDS approval rate
38.9%
-0.9 pts vs national
DDS approval rate
38.9%
National: 39.8%
3-year change
+1.3 pts
Annual receipts
101,580
FY2024
Hearing offices
9
53 ALJs
Latest monthly DDS data · 2026-03
Initial receipts
9,349
Initial determinations
8,310
Initial allowance rate
37.6%
Initial pending
22,542
Recon determinations
2,666
Recon allowance rate
14.8%
Hearing offices in New York
| Office | Rank | Processing days | Pending | Approval | Judges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYRACUSE | 66 | 253 | 2,187 | 56.1% | 8 |
| BUFFALO | 103 | 268 | 1,507 | 52.8% | 5 |
| NEW YORK VARICK | 117 | 276 | 1,736 | 65.8% | 5 |
| LONG ISLAND | 144 | 300 | 2,797 | 71.9% | 7 |
| ROCHESTER | 146 | 302 | 1,071 | 71.4% | 2 |
| QUEENS | 147 | 304 | 2,121 | 76.5% | 6 |
| BRONX | 150 | 317 | 2,451 | 55.5% | 7 |
| ALBANY | 152 | 323 | 3,330 | 59.6% | 9 |
| NEW YORK | 155 | 340 | 2,762 | 60.5% | 7 |
ALJs in New York (53)
Sorted by approval rate.
| Judge | Office | Approval | Decisions | Awards | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leventer, Jan | QUEENS | 95.7% | 253 | 242 | |
| Kelly, Paul F | ALBANY | 92.0% | 238 | 219 | |
| Pecoraro, Margaret | QUEENS | 85.6% | 216 | 185 | |
| Sedaca, Joani | NEW YORK | 82.7% | 220 | 182 | |
| Farrell, John G | ALBANY | 79.9% | 184 | 147 | |
| Stagno, Linda A. | LONG ISLAND | 79.2% | 202 | 160 | |
| Schiro, Kimberly | BRONX | 78.6% | 28 | 22 | |
| Kilgannon, Patrick | LONG ISLAND | 78.5% | 200 | 157 | |
| Devlin, Michael | ROCHESTER | 77.9% | 298 | 232 | |
| Gray, Thomas | NEW YORK VARICK | 74.8% | 266 | 199 | |
| Tobias, David | LONG ISLAND | 73.8% | 233 | 172 | |
| Berkowitz, Alan B | LONG ISLAND | 73.6% | 265 | 195 | |
| Allen, Michelle | LONG ISLAND | 72.3% | 130 | 94 | |
| Schriver, Robert R | QUEENS | 71.5% | 165 | 118 | |
| Eldred, Jeremy | SYRACUSE | 71.4% | 245 | 175 | |
| Miller, Jason A | NEW YORK VARICK | 71.1% | 239 | 170 | |
| Black-Pennington, Dale | ALBANY | 70.1% | 194 | 136 | |
| White Richards, Latanya | NEW YORK VARICK | 69.0% | 248 | 171 | |
| McKenna, Sandra M. | QUEENS | 67.7% | 269 | 182 | |
| Smith, Jennifer Gale | SYRACUSE | 66.5% | 248 | 165 | |
| Tirrell, Scott | LONG ISLAND | 66.3% | 261 | 173 | |
| Stefanelli, Valorie | QUEENS | 65.6% | 61 | 40 | |
| Kearns, James | NEW YORK VARICK | 64.1% | 64 | 41 | |
| Hoffman, Robyn L. | SYRACUSE | 63.9% | 97 | 62 | |
| Kane, Brian | ROCHESTER | 62.8% | 223 | 140 | |
| Schulz, Kimberly D | BRONX | 62.0% | 250 | 155 | |
| Stacchini, Michael J | QUEENS | 61.8% | 199 | 123 | |
| Baird, Bryce | BUFFALO | 61.7% | 94 | 58 | |
| Georger, Paul | BUFFALO | 61.3% | 279 | 171 | |
| Prybylski, Raymond | BRONX | 60.3% | 252 | 152 | |
| Singh, Sharda | BRONX | 59.8% | 259 | 155 | |
| Fein, Bruce S. | SYRACUSE | 59.2% | 267 | 158 | |
| Antonowicz, John | SHREVEPORT | 57.2% | 159 | 91 | |
| Iwuamadi, Ifeoma N. | NEW YORK | 56.5% | 230 | 130 | |
| Marcus, Michelle S | ALBANY | 56.3% | 112 | 63 | |
| Mulvey, Jude | ALBANY | 56.2% | 121 | 68 | |
| Suarez, Flor M. | NEW YORK | 53.8% | 143 | 77 | |
| Grossman, Seth I. | NEW YORK | 53.5% | 157 | 84 | |
| Ramos, John | SYRACUSE | 53.1% | 175 | 93 | |
| Soltes, Andrew | ALBANY | 53.1% | 258 | 137 | |
| Bell, Stephan | BUFFALO | 51.9% | 235 | 122 | |
| McCormack, Kieran | NEW YORK | 50.8% | 199 | 101 | |
| Morgan, Aaron M. | NEW YORK VARICK | 50.2% | 275 | 138 | |
| Theurer, Kenneth | SYRACUSE | 47.7% | 310 | 148 | |
| Pelton, Mary Jane | SYRACUSE | 47.3% | 279 | 132 | |
| Weir, William M | BUFFALO | 46.7% | 240 | 112 | |
| Carlton, John | BRONX | 46.2% | 223 | 103 | |
| Cordovani, Stephen | BUFFALO | 46.1% | 228 | 105 | |
| Michalec Olszewski, Laura | NEW YORK | 45.5% | 11 | 5 | |
| Banks, Angela | BRONX | 45.3% | 234 | 106 |
Showing the top 50 of 53 judges.
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