Closing the gaps in the unemployment safety net

Closing the gaps in the unemployment safety net

By Published On: December 28th, 2021Categories: Capitol Pressroom

Dec. 28, 2021 – The pandemic has illuminated the fact that there are New Yorkers ineligible to receive unemployment benefits, so a new campaign has been launched to expand this protection to more of the state’s workforce, including undocumented immigrants. Bianca Guerrero, coordinator for the Fund Excluded Workers Coalition, discusses how the benefits would work and why they should be provided.

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