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Unemployment fraud cases surge as victims say getting help is tough
Labor commissioner said criminals using pandemic as cover to defraud unemployment system
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State Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon, pictured here at a legislative hearing in February 2019, said criminals are using the global pandemic as cover to defraud the unemployment system. (Phoebe Sheehan/Times Union)Phoebe Sheehan/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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FILE - In this March 18, 2020 file photo, visitors to the Department of Labor are turned away at the door by personnel due to closures over coronavirus concerns in New York. A record-high number of people applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs engulfed the United States in the face of a near-total economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. The surge in weekly applications for benefits far exceeded the previous record set in 1982. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)Show MoreShow
Brooklyn Assemblyman Revives Push For State Commission To Investigate Prosecutors
arrow Assemblyman N. Nick Perry at a criminal justice reform press conference in Brooklyn in 2020. Courtesy Assemblyman N. Nick Perry s Instagram
A new bill in Albany could resurrect hopes for an independent agency dedicated to investigating prosecutorial misconduct. The proposed commission would give New Yorkers a direct avenue for filing complaints against prosecutors and make its misconduct findings and investigative proceedings public. It would also send dismissal recommendations to the governor for prosecutors with substantiated misconduct.
Assemblyman N. Nick Perry, a Democrat representing East Flatbush and Canarsie, introduced the legislation earlier this month. “So many people have been wrongfully convicted and, alarmingly, so many of these wrongful convictions have been blamed on misconduct by the prosecutors,” Perry said. “It is extremely important that whe