Judge, Clerk Say Budget Cuts Could Slow Comp Appeals

The budget cuts caused by the pandemic and the loss of revenue for the State of New York will have a significant impact on the appeals court that handles workers' compensation cases, a departing judge and the court clerk said. “It's not good. It's going to be much harder to schedule and move cases along,” said Robert Mayberger, clerk of the 3rd Judicial Department of the Supreme Court's Appellate Division. Data from the department, which handles workers' comp appeals from across the state, shows that it wrote about 1,700 decisions in 2019, including 180 in...