Despite a national effort to cut down the backlog of pending disability cases in Social Security offices, local legislators and advocates say disabled people in the Rochester area will keep waiting to get their cases heard in Buffalo.
Earlier this month, Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue announced 135 new administrative law judges in offices throughout the country, including 10 in New York, to help take on the mounting requests for appeals hearings. None were assigned to Buffalo, which handles most local cases.
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