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The New York Unemployment Insurance Law, enacted in 1935 and codified at Article 18 of the Labor Law, implements unemployment insurance within New York. As with most states, the maximum period for receiving benefits is 26 full weeks during a one-year period (benefit year). [4]
In 1998, the first phase of welfare reform was implemented in New York City under HRA Commissioner Jason Turner. The Agency's Income Support Centers were converted to Job Centers. Since the implementation of reforms in New York City, the Cash Assistance Caseload has declined to its lowest level since 1964, while enrollment in work support ...
The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) is a department of the New York City government tasked with recruiting, hiring, and training City employees, managing 55 public buildings, acquiring, selling, and leasing City property, purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies, overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country, and ...
The Unemployment Action Center, sometimes abbreviated as UAC, is a non-profit organization run by students of nine law schools in the New York City area. The purpose of UAC is to provide free legal representation to people who were denied unemployment benefits by the New York State Department of Labor, or against appeals by employers from an initial determination granting unemployment insurance.
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Initial claims should not be confused with the number of people who actually receive unemployment benefits. For one, initial claims don't include continued claims—individuals who claim benefits for additional weeks of unemployment beyond their initial claim. Additionally, not all claimants will actually receive unemployment benefits. [1] The ...
PHOTO: Ingrid Lewis-Martin, chief advisor to mayor Eric Adams, speaks during a press conference at City Hall in New York, Dec. 12, 2023. (Peter K. Afriyie/AP)
The previous record for unemployment claims in one week was only about one fifth as high, at 695,000 claims in 1982. [ 33 ] More than 38 million Americans lost their jobs and applied for government aid, [ 34 ] [ 35 ] including nearly 4 million people in California , [ 36 ] in the eight weeks after the coronavirus pandemic began.