Weiss Leaving SWCB with Legacy of Reform

New York State Workers' Compensation Board (SWCB) Chairman Zachary S. Weiss is leaving his job following a controversial 20-month tenure that saw him clear much of the traditional logjam on the agency's troubled hearings docket and reshape the group self-insured trust market.But he will leave office July 21 with other workers' compensation reforms still on the drawing board.Weiss, 55, announced Friday he will leave his $120,800-a-year post to become an administrative law judge in the New York City area for the U.S. Social Security Administration.A Social Security spokeswoman said F...