The backlog had over 1,200 untested kits early last year, when DA Todd Spitzer’s office hired a lab to process all of them by the end of next month. That timeline won’t be met, with 519 kits left.

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The backlog had over 1,200 untested kits early last year, when DA Todd Spitzer’s office hired a lab to process all of them by the end of next month. That timeline won’t be met, with 519 kits left.