News, NY State News
Nov 16, 2022
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...
News, NY State News
Sep 26, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday that state officials will seek repayment — and in some cases make referral to law enforcement — afte...
News, NY State News
Apr 24, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Two state Department of Labor workers allegedly conducted a massive identity fraud scheme to steal more than $1.6 million in unemployme...
Business, News
Jun 24, 2021
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...
Business, Cattaraugus County, News, ...
May 21, 2021
ELLICOTTVILLE — Enhanced unemployment benefits in response to COVID-19 are largely to blame for the region’s labor shortage and should be eliminated, ...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News, ...
May 05, 2021
ALBANY — Sen. George Borrello and fellow Republicans in the State Senate called on the Legislature and Cuomo administration to “fix multiple issues th...
Business, News
Mar 06, 2021
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...
News, NY State News
Feb 06, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — The state Department of Labor last year distributed more than $114 million in unemployment and federal relief benefits to New Yorkers i...
Business, News, NY State News
Jan 19, 2021
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...
News, NY State News
Jan 03, 2021
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...
News, NY State News
Sep 29, 2020
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...
Business, News, NY State News
Sep 23, 2020
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...
News, NY State News
Sep 11, 2020
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...
Leters to the Editor
Jun 08, 2020
I wish someone could explain why individuals who are temporarily out of work because of COVID-19 are receiving unemployment benefits plus an additiona...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
May 18, 2020
With more than 1 in 5 Americans filing for unemployment benefits over the past eight weeks, policymakers’ top priority is clear: restoring conditions ...
Coronavirus, News, NY State News
May 05, 2020
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...
Business, Coronavirus, News
Apr 21, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — Self-employed New Yorkers unable to work because of the coronaviru s pandemic can now apply directly for pandemic unemployment benefits...
Coronavirus, News
Apr 20, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — Potentially thousands of workers who were laid off from small businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic are declining to return to wor...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
Ruth M. Baillargeon, mother, grandmother, sister BELFAST --- Ruth M. Baillargeon, 82, of Belfast, New York, passed away Monday, June 16, 2025 at High...
June 16, 2025
Robert E. Stephens PORTVILLE === Robert E. Stephens of 24 Finch Street, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the Cuba Memorial Skilled Nursing Faci...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...
