Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday said the “successful implementation” of the 2007 workers compensation reform is expected to reduce private carrier workers compensation insurance rates by an average of 5 percent in 2009, adding to the average rate cut of 20.5 percent mandated by state regulators last October.
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