Claim of White v. New York City Housing Authority

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 21, 1-980, which affirmed a penalty imposed upon the carrier pursuant to section 25 (subd 3, par [c]) of the Workers’ Compensation Law. While its employee’s claim for compensation benefits was pending, the employer, New York City Housing Authority (hereafter Authority), continued paying the employee’s full salary. An award was made payable to the Authority as a credit for the wages it had paid claimant during his period of disability. That determination was affirmed by the board in a…