Social Security Disability Insurance claims delayed
Through Jan. 31, the average time to get a hearing in the Rochester satellite office of the Social Security Administration was 445 days and 3,118 cases were pending. The average processing time for the Buffalo office, where local residents also have cases heard, was 578 days. Nearly 7,000 cases were pending, and about 1,000 cases had been moved to other offices for disposition. The data was analyzed by Allsup, a for-profit company headquartered in Illinois that represents people filing for SSDI.
