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Board accepts OGC's February 2026 report citing 16,165 hearings handled

New York State Workers Compensation Board · March 17, 2026

Summary

Deputy General Counsel Logden presented February 2026 Office of General Counsel statistics—including 16,165 hearings handled and 10,554 cases resolved at hearings—and the board voted to accept the report.

Deputy General Counsel Logden presented the Office of General Counsel's departmental statistics for February 2026, telling the board that the Board Adjudication division handled 16,165 hearings and resolved 10,554 cases at hearings during the month. Logden also reported 314 reserved decisions, 1,250 pre-hearing conferences and 1,768 finalized section 32 waiver agreements.

"During that time the Board Adjudication division handled 16,165 hearings, resolved 10,554 cases at hearings and issued 314 reserved decisions," Logden said. The Administrative Review division received 761 applications and reported an end-of-month inventory of 7,709 pending cases; Legal Affairs received 71 applications for full-board review and had an end-of-month inventory of 200 pending. Board member Cucinelli moved to accept the OGC report; Board member Burgess seconded and the motion passed.

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