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No Shelter Island workers file for unemployment
Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.
Because of increased unemployment costs, towns in New York State were required this year to pay a $22 surcharge for each worker.
But not Shelter Island. No one filed an unemployment claim this year, so there were no extra charges to be paid.
“We got the news from ADP [the firm that handles payroll for the town],” Supervisor James Dougherty told the town board at its Friday...
