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New York needs an update for unemployment benefits

Andrew Stettner is deputy director of the National Employment Law Project. If you had asked the average person something about unemployment benefits last year you would have gotten a blank stare. But nowadays, everyone seems to know someone who is laid off, and New Yorkers don't like what they are finding out. The maximum unemployment benefit in New York State is $405 a week - while in Pennsylvania...

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