FEMA Approves NYS Unemployment Benefit
New Yorkers collecting unemployment will soon see an additional $300 in benefits now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved a grant under the Lost Wages Assistance program which was implemented after extended benefits expired at the end of July. That program came about after Congress failed to come to terms on extending the original order. Officials say the payments will be retroactive to Aug. 1.
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