The Daily Gazette

NYS Workers’ Compensation Board launches free webinar series, webpage to aid workers with long-haul COVID-19 workers’ comp claims

ALBANY — New York state is offering online educational opportunities to help workers who believe they were exposed to COVID-19 at work and are now suffering from ongoing long-haul symptoms. Gov. Kathy ...
JD Supra

NYS Workers’ Compensation Board to Require Video Appearance for All Virtual Hearing Witnesses Starting in February

Beginning Feb. 2, 2026, the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board will require all claimants and lay witnesses testifying in virtual hearings to appear on video with their faces fully visible on screen. If ...
JD Supra

New York WCB's Video Testimony Requirements

On December 9, 2025, the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board issued Subject Number 046-1784, announcing that effective ...
Troy Record

Hochul announces proposals to improve workers’ access to medical treatment

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced growing support for a significant element of her 2025 State of the State proposals to markedly improve access to health care for injured workers.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Owner and managers of tobacco processing company indicted for wage theft for allegedly stealing approximately $310K from more than two dozen employees

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York State Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon, New York State Workers’ Compensation Board Chair Clarissa M. Rodriguez and New ...