By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefNew York legislators will converge on Albany today for an extraordinary legislative session called by Gov. David Paterson -- but a key workers' compensation bill is missing from Paterson's agenda.Despite a request by the New York AFL-CIO, Paterson omitted a bill that would have scrapped the state's troubled group self-insured trust system on Dec. 31 and allowed some fully funded trusts to emerge as new entities.Paterson filed Program Bill 303 on June 24 as lawmakers prepared to adjourn the regular session. It has not been filed in the Legisl...
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