Adirondack Daily Enterprise
A woman from Saranac Lake received a letter from the state Department of Labor telling her she had unemployment insurance money to collect and then another and another. All of them looked very official.
The woman, whom the Enterprise is not naming to protect her from retribution, said the phone numbers, postage and Key Bank debit card she got all seemed legitimate. But the letters inside telling her she had unemployment insurance to collect did not make any sense. She’s retired.
“I thought, ‘Maybe New York state is really losing it, ” she said.
The letters were persistent, and some required more personal information, like her full Social Security number.
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A fraudulent unemployment insurance claim may appear legitimate, as this one does, with all the accurate information for the state Department of Labor, but it may have been filed by a scammer who obtained personal information through a data breach.
(Photo provided) A woman from Saranac Lake received a letter from the state Department of Labor telling her she had unemployment insurance money to collect and then another and another. All of them looked very official. The woman, whom the Enterprise is not naming to protect her from retribution, said the phone numbers, postage and the Key Bank debit card she got all seemed legitimate. But the letters inside telling her she had unemployment insurance to collect did not make any sense. She’s retired.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
A woman from Saranac Lake received a letter from the state Department of Labor telling her she had unemployment insurance money to collect and then another and another. All of them looked very official.
The woman, whom the Enterprise is not naming to protect her from retribution, said the phone numbers, postage and Key Bank debit card she got all seemed legitimate. But the letters inside telling her she had unemployment insurance to collect did not make any sense. She’s retired.
“I thought, ‘Maybe New York state is really losing it, ” she said. The letters were persistent, and some required more personal information, like her full Social Security number. She was “panicked” and worried how fraudsters got her information.
Letter: New Wadsworth Center funding must be restored
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FILE. Letter writer says, We fully understand that New York state is juggling many priorities this budget season, but we believe it is essential that funding for the new Wadsworth Center in Albany be included in the final state budget. (provided)Rulison, Larry/DOH/DASNY
As we begin the task of restarting our local economy, we face significant challenges in stabilizing existing jobs and laying the groundwork for future investment and population growth to move us beyond our current fiscal stress. Few projects can do more toward those goals, than the previously announced $750 million, state-of-the-art Wadsworth Center at the Harriman Campus.
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