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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

Market opportunity · NY

Strong market

New York.

Roughly 98,508 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 $136M annually.

Annual DDS intake

98,508

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

38.9%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

335 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$136M

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.

ALJOfficeApprovalDecisions
Ramrup, SommattieNEW YORK VARICK100.0%1
Leventer, JanQUEENS92.2%334
Kelly, Paul FALBANY89.6%268
Crawley, Brian JLONG ISLAND87.2%188
Penalver, MoisesNEW YORK85.9%85

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

  • SYRACUSE279 days
  • WHITE PLAINS291 days
  • NEW YORK VARICK314 days

Slowest

  • NEW YORK382 days
  • ROCHESTER375 days
  • BUFFALO351 days

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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.