Employers on the hook for New York’s unemployment debts

Nov. 9, 2021 – In order to pay out a record number of unemployment claims during the pandemic, New York had to borrow billions of dollars from the federal government – money our friends in Washington D.C. want back. Justin Wilcox, executive director of Upstate United, explains how the state’s unemployment benefits are normally funded and offered a plan to ensure our pandemic debts don’t drag down the state’s employers.