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New York to Give $15,000 to Undocumented Workers Hit By COVID VladTV 3,380 views   •  comments A $2.1 billion fund was made between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York lawmakers on Tuesday (April 6) to assist people who were excluded from unemployment benefits during the pandemic, including undocumented immigrants. The fund is part of a broader $212 billion state budget agreement aimed to jumpstart the economy. It will give one-time payments of up to $15,600 to undocumented immigrants who lost their jobs during the pandemic.  Those wishing to apply for the fund will need to verify that t...

ALBANY — Jairo Reyes did not eat for three days. Weak, tired and famished, he remembered his community when he found it difficult to focus. Reyes, of Yonkers, was one of hundreds of New Yorkers to participate in a 23-day statewide hunger strike to raise awareness for funding for thousands of state essential workers excluded from unemployment benefits or stimulus checks for people who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. The hunger pains, Reyes said, were worth it. The state Legislature included a one-time $2.1 billion Excluded Workers Fund in its final 2021-22 budget, which t...

New York Allocates $2.1 Billion for Illegal Immigrants, Other ‘Excluded Workers’ New York legislators this week agreed to establish a $2.1 billion fund that will give money to illegal immigrants and other so-called excluded workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic but were ineligible for federal stimulus money. The Excluded Worker Fund will pay out one-time unemployment benefits to workers who lost their jobs or income during the pandemic. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, essential workers across the state risked their lives to keep our state moving and our families safe,�...

acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com State Assemblyman Billy Jones speaks about road salt legislation signed by the governor earlier this week at Berkeley Green in Saranac Lake December 4. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone) The full details of New York’s 2021-22 budget are not yet fully known, but it includes new funding for environmental protection, including overuse in the Adirondacks. According to Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, the budget sets aside $1.55 million to address overuse in the Catskill and Adirondack parks. The budget also includes $300 million for the sta...

The measure passed in the New York legislature this week, as part of a larger $212bn budget aimed to jump-start the state’s economy. Undocumented workers are eligible to receive $15,600 if they can prove they are New York state residents who are ineligible for unemployment benefits due to their immigration status, and lost income due to the pandemic. Other undocumented immigrants who are unable to meet the same level of verification will be eligible for $3,200 – the amount of federal assistance payments many Americans have already received, but which undocumented immigrants have been unab...