New York State Insider: New York State Senator Shelley Mayer: Advocating for Workers.

 

In the early days of the pandemic, the New York State Department of Labor received an unprecedented number of applications for unemployment assistance. Many who submitted applications did not hear back for weeks, and in some cases months. To this day, I continue to receive calls from constituents who receive no response from the Department of Labor after they submit their application.

It is an extremely real and frustrating issue, which is why I sponsored legislation with Assemblyman Chris Burdick to require the Department of Labor to notify unemployment assistant claimants of their approval status within 30 days. It passed both houses during the legislative session and now awaits the Governor’s signature. Let’s celebrate Labor Day and the workers of New York early by advocating for this bill to be signed into law! Contact the Governor Kathy Hochul’s office to express your support for this bill.