SWCB Targets Thousands of Former Trust Members for Collection

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe New York State Workers' Compensation Board has targeted 3,000 to 4,000 employers for collection efforts in its bid to recover $434.6 million in remaining liabilities from the failure of the state's group self-insured trust system.Jeffrey Fenster, the board's executive director, said Monday the state has targeted the members of nine trusts controlled by the board in collection actions filed with the New York Supreme Court in Albany beginning last May. The board began sending out notices in the past few weeks seeking $68.1 million in payme...