Governor Calls for Additional Workers' Comp Reforms

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says more reforms are needed to improve the state's complicated and overly expensive workers’ compensation system. In several State of the States addresses held across New York last week, Cuomo applauded the improved customer service and lower friction costs from leveraging state-of-the-art technology and his 2013 Business Relief Act, which he said cut assessments on employers' workers' comp premiums and raised minimum benefits for workers. “However, businesses and injured workers face continuing frustration with a system they feel is ne...