(WBEN) - A big change is coming for New Yorkers collecting unemployment benefits.
A large Rate increase is in store for people on unemployment after the State paid off their nearly $7 Billion federal Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund loan.
“Due to Covid, the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund loaned the money so to speak to New York State so they weren’t able to increase unemployment benefits since 2019,” said Esther Gulyas, CEO of EG Tax…