For 100,000 Without Jobs, Time and Aid Are Almost Up
A thirteen-week extension of unemployment benefits---passed by Congress in March to aid those affected by the September 11 attacks---will run out in the next two weeks for 100,300 New Yorkers. New York is unlikely to receive an additional automatic extension of a further thirteen-weeks, as it has not met the threshold level of unemployment recipients necessary to qualify. With the state?s share of last month?s federal $8 billion insurance fund payout already used up providing benefits, Albany politicians are scrambling to come up with a solution that takes care of New Yorkers without putting an overly excessive strain on the state?s already burdened budget.
See "For 100,000 Without Jobs, Time and Aid Are Almost Up", LESLIE EATON, The New York Times, June 9, 2002