Gov. Kathy Hochul is delivering a big win to businesses that have been pressuring her to pay off their billions of dollars in ...

New York’s unemployment rate remained 4.2% in April 2025 as the state added 14,400 private sector jobs and saw labor force ...

This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New York state politics. Sign up for their stories at nysfocus.com/newsletter. Labor unions and business ...

New York’s business community is celebrating a major budget win with the state’s decision to wipe out $8 billion in ...

New York will pay off its $6B unemployment loan, ending extra business surcharges and raising jobless benefits to $896 per ...

“Every student in the state of New York starting in September ... this budget will also benefit small businesses by relieving ...

Businesses have shouldered the burden by paying about $450 per employee each year in unemployment insurance taxes. Groups including the Business Council of New York State and the Partnership for ...

Washington became one of three states Monday to allow unemployment benefits for striking workers after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the bill into law.

New York State has agreed to pay a $5.7 billion debt for its unemployment insurance trust fund, resolving a long-standing complaint raised by businesses. Making the state’s unemployment ...

I am here as head of the Department of Labor and the fiduciary to the New York State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, both of which former Congressman George Santos repeatedly defrauded ...

The state will spend $8 billion to pay off its debt to the feds and increase unemployment benefits for the first time in six ...