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Immigrants’ Experience with Medicaid Enrollment: Challenges and Recommendations

March 30, 2022
Medicaid enrollment can be a daunting process for many people—both U.S.-born New Yorkers and those who are foreign-born.

NYS Immigrants and People of Color: New Unemployment Gaps During the Pandemic

March 15, 2022
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.

Administration of the Excluded Worker Fund in NY: How It’s Structured

March 14, 2022
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.

Excluded Worker Fund: $3 Billion Needed in FY 2022-23

March 4, 2022
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 the Covid recession.

Excluded Worker Fund: Crucial Support, But More Is Needed

January 24, 2022
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.