By Bruce Golding
The New York Post
NEW YORK — A former firefighter who agreed to cough up more than $1 million in unpaid taxes on his Brooklyn bar filed suit yesterday over maladies he claims to have suffered since working at Ground Zero.
Thomas Casatelli says helping search for 9/11 victims left him with “posttraumatic stress disorder, asthma” and other problems.
His Manhattan federal court suit seeks unspecified damages from the city and the Port Authority for alleged negligence because he “was never provided nor required to wear any personal protective equipment.”
Casatelli has pleaded guilty to evading taxes on his Bay Ridge watering hole, The Kettle Black, by paying workers off the books and filing false returns.
His plea deal calls for him to serve 90 days in jail and pay $1.3 million in restitution.
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