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Updated July 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
54 ALJs
Latest monthly DDS data · 2026-07
Initial receipts
18,700
Initial determinations
16,364
Initial allowance rate
35.0%
Initial pending
36,622
Recon determinations
1,101
Recon allowance rate
16.1%
Hearing offices in New York
| Office | Rank | Processing days | Pending | Approval | Judges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYRACUSE | 64 | 253 | 1,853 | 57.2% | 8 |
| BUFFALO | 97 | 264 | 1,493 | 52.9% | 5 |
| NEW YORK VARICK | 116 | 275 | 1,672 | 66.3% | 5 |
| ROCHESTER | 142 | 295 | 1,108 | 64.0% | 3 |
| LONG ISLAND | 143 | 296 | 2,805 | 71.3% | 7 |
| QUEENS | 148 | 306 | 2,107 | 75.8% | 6 |
| BRONX | 150 | 316 | 2,455 | 55.2% | 7 |
| ALBANY | 151 | 319 | 3,540 | 61.0% | 10 |
| NEW YORK | 156 | 340 | 2,699 | 58.4% | 7 |
ALJs in New York (54)
Sorted by approval rate.
| Judge | Office | Approval | Decisions | Awards | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leventer, Jan | QUEENS | 94.1% | 339 | 319 | |
| Kelly, Paul F | ALBANY | 92.3% | 298 | 275 | |
| Pecoraro, Margaret | QUEENS | 83.5% | 297 | 248 | |
| Sedaca, Joani | NEW YORK | 82.4% | 222 | 183 | |
| Farrell, John G | ALBANY | 79.9% | 249 | 199 | |
| Stagno, Linda A. | LONG ISLAND | 79.0% | 262 | 207 | |
| Schiro, Kimberly | BRONX | 78.4% | 37 | 29 | |
| Devlin, Michael | ROCHESTER | 78.1% | 361 | 282 | |
| Kilgannon, Patrick | LONG ISLAND | 76.8% | 259 | 199 | |
| Gray, Thomas | NEW YORK VARICK | 74.4% | 340 | 253 | |
| Allen, Michelle | LONG ISLAND | 72.8% | 180 | 131 | |
| Tobias, David | LONG ISLAND | 72.4% | 290 | 210 | |
| Black-Pennington, Dale | ALBANY | 72.3% | 242 | 175 | |
| Miller, Jason A | NEW YORK VARICK | 71.7% | 325 | 233 | |
| Schriver, Robert R | QUEENS | 71.5% | 200 | 143 | |
| Berkowitz, Alan B | LONG ISLAND | 71.3% | 342 | 244 | |
| White Richards, Latanya | NEW YORK VARICK | 70.0% | 337 | 236 | |
| Eldred, Jeremy | SYRACUSE | 69.8% | 318 | 222 | |
| Smith, Jennifer Gale | SYRACUSE | 67.9% | 318 | 216 | |
| McKenna, Sandra M. | QUEENS | 66.6% | 332 | 221 | |
| Tirrell, Scott | LONG ISLAND | 66.4% | 333 | 221 | |
| Lardaro, Elizabeth A. | SOUTH JERSEY | 65.7% | 213 | 140 | |
| Stefanelli, Valorie | QUEENS | 65.6% | 61 | 40 | |
| Kearns, James | NEW YORK VARICK | 64.5% | 107 | 69 | |
| Kane, Brian | ROCHESTER | 62.5% | 285 | 178 | |
| Baird, Bryce | BUFFALO | 61.7% | 94 | 58 | |
| Stacchini, Michael J | QUEENS | 61.7% | 274 | 169 | |
| Antonowicz, John | LONG ISLAND | 61.7% | 253 | 156 | |
| Georger, Paul | BUFFALO | 61.2% | 345 | 211 | |
| Hoffman, Robyn L. | SYRACUSE | 60.6% | 127 | 77 | |
| Schulz, Kimberly D | BRONX | 60.2% | 319 | 192 | |
| Prybylski, Raymond | BRONX | 59.9% | 324 | 194 | |
| Singh, Sharda | BRONX | 59.5% | 326 | 194 | |
| Fein, Bruce S. | SYRACUSE | 58.5% | 330 | 193 | |
| Iwuamadi, Ifeoma N. | NEW YORK | 56.6% | 302 | 171 | |
| Marcus, Michelle S | ALBANY | 56.3% | 112 | 63 | |
| Ramos, John | SYRACUSE | 55.1% | 263 | 145 | |
| Suarez, Flor M. | NEW YORK | 54.0% | 202 | 109 | |
| Mulvey, Jude | ALBANY | 53.9% | 141 | 76 | |
| Bell, Stephan | BUFFALO | 52.9% | 293 | 155 | |
| Soltes, Andrew | ALBANY | 52.1% | 326 | 170 | |
| Morgan, Aaron M. | NEW YORK VARICK | 51.1% | 366 | 187 | |
| Michalec Olszewski, Laura | BRONX | 50.0% | 8 | 4 | |
| McCormack, Kieran | NEW YORK | 49.8% | 261 | 130 | |
| Carlton, John | BRONX | 49.1% | 285 | 140 | |
| Theurer, Kenneth | SYRACUSE | 48.5% | 408 | 198 | |
| Greisler, Gretchen | ALBANY | 48.5% | 165 | 80 | |
| Grossman, Seth I. | NEW YORK | 48.2% | 222 | 107 | |
| Cordovani, Stephen | BUFFALO | 47.5% | 301 | 143 | |
| Pelton, Mary Jane | SYRACUSE | 47.3% | 279 | 132 |
Showing the top 50 of 54 judges.
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