Cuomo announces release of $300 unemployment benefit after Post inquiryBy Carl Campanile and Steven Nelson
September 10, 2020 | 7:47pm
After being criticized for foot-dragging, the Cuomo administration announced Thursday that next week it will begin distributing the expanded $300 weekly unemployment insurance benefits to up to 2.4 million jobless New Yorkers.
The White House had accused team Cuomo of dithering in applying for President Trump’s offer of the $300 bonus to the unemployed through the $44 billion Lost Wages Program, and only did so after the Post inquired about it.
But in announcing the state’s participation, Labor Department Commissioner Roberta Reardon blamed Trump for any delays. ...
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