unemployment benefit

New York state lost at least $11 billion due to unemployment fraud during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an audit released Tues...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday that state officials will seek repayment — and in some cases make referral to law enforcement — afte...

ALBANY (TNS) — Two state Department of Labor workers allegedly conducted a massive identity fraud scheme to steal more than $1.6 million in unemployme...

Area unemployment rates remained lower than the state and nation as a whole in May, the state Department of Labor reported this week. Cattaraugus Coun...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Enhanced unemployment benefits in response to COVID-19 are largely to blame for the region’s labor shortage and should be eliminated, ...

ALBANY — Sen. George Borrello and fellow Republicans in the State Senate called on the Legislature and Cuomo administration to “fix multiple issues th...

WASHINGTON (TNS)— The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package heading to President Joe Biden’s desk directs $1,400 payouts to millions of Ameri...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Department of Labor last year distributed more than $114 million in unemployment and federal relief benefits to New Yorkers i...

ALBANY (TNS) — Starting this week, people who work part-time in New York state will be able to claim unemployment benefits based on the number of hour...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s Department of Labor says it’s fixed a problem that kept people who are collecting unemployment insurance from certifying for...

WASHINGTON (TNS ) — Federal unemployment data shows the number of New Yorkers telling the government they’ve been out of work for more than six months...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — If you are collecting unemployment benefits — as many people are these days — you could get hit with a nasty tax bill next year if yo...

ALBANY (TNS) — Some states have been providing $300 a week in additional federal aid to unemployed residents out of work due to COVID-19. New York has...

I wish someone could explain why individuals who are temporarily out of work because of COVID-19 are receiving unemployment benefits plus an additiona...

With more than 1 in 5 Americans filing for unemployment benefits over the past eight weeks, policymakers’ top priority is clear: restoring conditions ...

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Labor is trying to inform New Yorkers who have applied for unemployment that federal law requires them to su...

ALBANY (TNS) — Self-employed New Yorkers unable to work because of the coronaviru s pandemic can now apply directly for pandemic unemployment benefits...

ALBANY (TNS) — Potentially thousands of workers who were laid off from small businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic are declining to return to wor...