The New York State Department of Labor has updated its online process to meet the large backlog of unemployment claims. Nearly 28,000 Long Islanders filed new claims last week.
New York has already paid out more than $7.4 billion in unemployment benefits since March. That’s more than three times what it paid in all of 2019.
Statewide, more than 2 million residents have filed claims. Nearly 287,000 are Long Islanders.
The state Department of Labor has updated its online process and started to send emails and texts to New Yorkers who haven’t received their funds.
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