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N.D.N.Y. · fiscal year 20241 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2024

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Northern District of New York, fiscal year 2024

N.D.N.Y. · Second Circuit · FY2024 nationally

The datafile contains cases reported to the Commission with sentencing documents. Sentence length statistics use the Commission's capped variable (sentences of 470 months or longer, including life, are recorded as 470 months) and exclude sentences of probation or a fine only. Figures are aggregates of past cases and are not a prediction for any case.

In fiscal year 2024 (1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024), 507 sentenced cases in the Northern District of New York appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2023 had 64,124.

The median prison term was 24 months (2 years); 89% of cases carried a prison term. 53% of sentences were within the guideline range, 24% below it on a government motion, 21% below it for other reasons and — above it.

507cases sentencedFY2023: 459
24median prison monthsnational FY2024: 30
53%within guideline rangenational 46%
89%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2024

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Immigration20340.0%—568%14%16%
Drug Trafficking10220.1%—7231%41%27%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement469.1%70%2636%31%33%
Firearms346.7%—4668%——
Sex Abuse285.5%100%225—36%43%
Child Pornography275.3%100%12059%——
Other203.9%0%—100%0%0%
Money Launder122.4%—74———
9 other offence types, pooled356.9%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2024 compared

MeasureN.D.N.Y.2d Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced5073,06161,678
Median prison months243630
Cases with a prison term89%91%92%
Within guideline range53%31%46%
Below range, government sponsored24%27%29%
Below range, other21%40%21%
Above range—3%4%

§ 3All fiscal years, N.D.N.Y.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201838491%2450%23%26%—
FY201939293%1857%17%26%—
FY202030589%3052%19%29%—
FY202123583%3649%23%27%—
FY202240088%4149%26%23%—
FY202345988%2453%25%21%—
FY202450789%2453%24%21%—
FY202541991%1859%22%19%—

← FY2023FY2025 →

§ 4Provenance

Source: United States Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles, fiscal years 2018–2025 (US government works), aggregated by this site; the FY2025 file is dated 29 Apr 2026. Fiscal year 2024 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: Northern District of New York, FY2018–FY2025.