School bus drivers sue NY to keep unemployment money
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Several school bus drivers in the Greece Central School District have filed a federal lawsuit regarding unemployment benefits that ultimately could impact countless other school employees across New York.
The bus drivers received unemployment benefits last summer, when summer school was canceled and the course of COVID-19 was far from clear. Early this year, though, the state Department of Labor informed them that they did not in fact qualify for those benefits and would have to pay them back, in sums ranging from $4,200 to $8,200.
The lawsuit, filed against the state last week in federal court, calls that a misreading of labor law and asks a judge to recognize a wide class of possibly affected employees: namely, all non-educator school employees such as bus drivers, security guards and cafeteria workers who may have sought unemployment benefits last summer and been denied.
Created: May 04, 2021 11:06 AM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and other city leaders plan to launch a new Office of Neighborhood Safety, which the mayor says will bring a unified strategy to reduce violence in the city.
In a news conference at the Father Tracey Advocacy Center Tuesday on North Clinton Avenue, leaders said the office would use strategies ranging from coordinating a non-police response to transformative mentoring, job readiness programs, peacekeeping fellowships, and trust-building, among other efforts.
The city specified the fellowship would identify people with a high likelihood of becoming gun violence victims and enroll them in a program that includes peer-to-peer mentorships and earning. Warren said it mirrors similar programs in Newark, New Jersey, and Richmond, California.
RCSD superintendent: Spike in city violence has to stop By Spectrum News Staff and Andrew Freeman Rochester UPDATED 8:02 PM ET Apr. 28, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:42 PM ET Apr. 28, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:42 PM EDT Apr. 28, 2021
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. The Rochester City School District’s superintendent is the latest city leader to step forward and call for action following months of violence in the city.
Violence continues to plague the city of Rochester, with one of the most recent incidents sending an 11-year-old boy to the hospital. He was shot while inside his home, watching television. Interim Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan called the situation “unacceptable” on Tuesday.
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Several school bus drivers in the Greece Central School District have filed a federal lawsuit regarding unemployment benefits that ultimately could impact countless other school employees across New York.
The bus drivers received unemployment benefits last summer, when summer school was canceled and the course of COVID-19 was far from clear. Early this year, though, the state Department of Labor informed them that they did not in fact qualify for those benefits and would have to pay them back, in sums ranging from $4,200 to $8,200.
School bus drivers sue NY to keep unemployment money
Cuomo on NY s $2.1B fund for excluded workers
Replay Video UP NEXT
Several school bus drivers in the Greece Central School District have filed a federal lawsuit regarding unemployment benefits that ultimately could impact countless other school employees across New York.
The bus drivers received unemployment benefits last summer, when summer school was canceled and the course of COVID-19 was far from clear. Early this year, though, the state Department of Labor informed them that they did not in fact qualify for those benefits and would have to pay them back, in sums ranging from $4,200 to $8,200.