New York Motion to Mandate Decision and/or Interim Social Security Benefits is a legal process that allows individuals to request a judge to order the Social Security Administration (SSA) to make a final decision on their claim for Social Security disability benefits or to provide an interim payment of benefits while their claim is pending. This is available to individuals who have been denied disability benefits by the SSA or have had their application for benefits denied or delayed for an unreasonably long period of time. There are two types of New York Motion to Mandate Decision and/or Interim Social Security Benefits: Mandatory Decision Motion and Interim Benefits Motion. The Mandatory Decision Motion requires the judge to order the SSA to render a decision on a pending claim for benefits. The Interim Benefits Motion requires the judge to order the SSA to provide an interim payment of benefits while the claim for benefits is pending or awaiting a decision by the SSA. Both of these motions must be filed in the appropriate court in the jurisdiction where the claimant lives.