There are many reasons why some city workers who toiled at the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11 failed to file a form notifying their retirement system that they were there, but refusal to believe that they could get sick surely ranks near the top.
Robyn Cotrona, the counsel for State Sen. Martin Golden, talked to several constituents who were simply unaware that they had to affirm their Sept. 11 work separately with both the state Workers’ Compensation system and their retirement fund. The paperwork for each agency was nearly identical.
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