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NYS WCB GOES "ROGUE"

Troy Rosasco
October 07, 2011 22:04

NY INJURED WORKERS’ ALLIANCE CALLS FOR OPPOSITION TO WCB PROPOSAL TO INITIATE ELECTRONIC RECORDING Two years ago in October 2009, the Senate Labor Committee under the chairmanship of George Onorato conducted a hearing on the WCB proposal to introduce electronic recordings of hearings. ...

WCL DEATH TAX!!!!! AN OPINION COLUMN

Troy Rosasco
October 07, 2011 18:33

 WCL DEATH TAX!! By Ron Balter, Louis Dauerer, and James McCarthy  You and Your Client Have you sensed a bit of unease in attempting to explain to your client the Surviving Spouse offset off WCL §16?  “Well,” you might humbly state with your best attorney...

NYS AFL-CIO : Guest Editorial on Group Self-Insured Trusts (GSIT's)

March 14, 2011 19:13

Seems to NYIWA the AFL-CIO has hit the nail on the head in plain language.  Unless the new Governor and legislative leadership fully appreciate the financial finagling that has plagued the trusts, taxpayers and innocent participants will pay the price.      PONZI, ...

Tunnel Vision - Another Illness Plaguing the New York Workers' Compensation Board

December 08, 2010 00:36

Having been previously diagnosed with “lameduckedness”, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board [WCB] appears to have incurred a new malady --- tunnel vision !    Among others, the promise and public policy underlying development and implementation of New York’s...

Thanksgiving (?) News from the New York Injured Workers' Alliance (NYIWA)

November 23, 2010 22:41

BUSTED SELF-INSURED BUSTED AGAIN FOR IMPROPER POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS A forensic audit submitted to the WCB on 09/21/10 revealed that Health Care Providers Self-Insurance Trust [HCPSIT] channeled $900,000 to the Health Care Providers PAC between 1995 and 2008.  The trust was put out of...

The Park Street Gang: They Were Blind and Deaf ... Now They Are Lame

Troy G. Rosasco
September 28, 2010 16:58

Op-ed by James McCarthy, Esq. While it is essential to sustain a dialogue and cooperative relationship with the New York State Workers' Compensation Board, it is unfortunate that the current administration, as well as its predecessors, have been largely “deaf and blind” to the...

New York Workers' Compensation Board Receives Long Awaited "Disability Duration Guidelines"

Troy G. Rosasco
September 16, 2010 19:15

The New York State Insurance Department just released their Proposed "Disability Duration Guidelines" to the New York State Workers Compensation Board along with the Disability Duration Guidelines Transmittal Letter to Chairman Beloten.pdf.  This 108 page proposal is the result...

New York Injured Workers' Alliance Remembers 9/11 Ground Zero Victims and Families

Troy G. Rosasco
September 10, 2010 22:05

The New York Injured Workers Alliance (NYIWA), the common voice for injured workers in New York State, remembers the over 2700 victims (mostly civilian and rescue workers) who perished nine years ago on 9/11/2001 as a result of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Our...

The Reign of the New York Workers' Compensation Board Bureaucrats

Troy G. Rosasco
September 03, 2010 15:00

New 2010 Schedule Loss of Use Proposed Decisions: Idea! - why don't we (the WCB) increase the amount of depositions in some of the most easily resolved cases at the New York State Workers" Compensation Board? That will be our legacy!  So now the Workers' Compensation Board,...

New York Injured Workers Alliance (NYIWA) formed to Protect Rights of Injured Workers at the Workers Compensation Board

Troy G. Rosasco
August 30, 2010 16:25

It's as simple as that.  We are a new "grass roots" Political Action Committee (PAC) open to any and all who believe that the New York Workers' Compensation Board should serve injured workers first. We are the official political arm of the New York Injured Workers' Bar Association, whose...