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The unemployment rate in most of the state’s metro areas in New York dipped below 10% in August for the first time since March.
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“It’s technically doable, I guess.”
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“I’ve been doing this since April 4th, and I have received zero money. The problem is you cannot get through on the phone."
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8 percent of claims needed to be reviewed manually.
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Some senior staff people volunteered to be furloughed so that others could keep their jobs.
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“You rely on your state to bail you out and you can’t get any answers."
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“I believe that they are scared. If you listen to a lot of what’s going on [on the news], it’s a lot of overkill, on the fear factor.”
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As need has increased, donations have decreased.
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It’s unclear exactly what went wrong with the commonwealth’s dated system, but from Thursday to Sunday, a crash kept unemployed people from filing claims.
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The Southern Tier, like other parts of the northeast, has been slow to come back from last decade’s recession, but figures released this week from the New York Department of Labor may be a sign that’s changing.