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Several New York state Senate Democrats are calling for the state Department of Labor to forgive unemployment overpayments.Hudson Valley state Senators…
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Like thousands of restless men left unmoored in the wake of the 2008 economic crash, Michael Patrick Smith arrived in the fracking boomtown of Williston,…
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Will the unemployed get a new round of federal payments?In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal continues his…
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The New York State Department of Labor says the federal government has approved three more weeks of the Lost Wages Assistance program. The state says $300…
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New York’s budget director says the state will apply for the federal government’s Lost Wages Assistance program that could lead to $300 in additional…
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC's Alan Chartock, Former EPA Regional…
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On this federal holiday, millions of Americans have been out of work for two months. The views expressed by commentators are solely those of the authors.…
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With New York’s backlog of claims from the COVID-19 pandemic, a state senator from the Hudson Valley has joined six of her Republican colleagues in…
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New York State is predicting a $445 billion economic impact from COVID-19, greater than 2008 Great Recession and the recession following the 9/11 attacks.…
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With much of the American economy effectively shut down, Albany area state Democratic Assemblymembers Pat Fahy and John McDonald held a virtual town hall…