As New York continues to struggle with the aftermath of last week's attacks, Governor Pataki has announced that the waiting period for jobless benefits will be reduced from two and a half to one and a half weeks for those New Yorkers who lost their jobs as a result of the attacks. Those who are ineligible for unemployment insurance may still be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Insurance, as New York has been declared a federal disaster area. These measures reflect the large number of people whose place of work was destroyed or made unsafe, or who have been laid off following the attacks on the World Trade Center.
See "Pataki Shortens Wait For Jobless Benefits", CARRIE MASON-DRAFFEN, Newsday, September 20, 2001