Job loss during the covid pandemic skyrocketed for all workers, yet for immigrants the unemployment rate spiked far higher than for U.S.-born workers.
Implementation of the Excluded Worker Fund went smoothly and reached 130,000 New Yorkers. Read about lessons for other states…and reasons to replenish the fund.
In April 2021 New York’s governor and legislature included in the state budget a groundbreaking program to ensure that all New York workers had some form of unemployment compensation during…
Through the depths of the withering Covid recession, regular Unemployment Insurance and emergency Pandemic Unemployment Assistance provided crucial income support for most people who lost their jobs.
New York’s proposed overtime pay expansion for farmworkers would strengthen workforce stability, improve working conditions, and support the long-term sustainability of the state’s agricultural industry.
A roadmap for strengthening immigrant inclusion in upstate New York, highlighting how welcoming policies and investments can help reverse population decline, support local economies, and build thriving communities across the…