New York created a $2.1 billion fund for workers excluded from government benefits. Now immigration activists are fighting to ensure an inclusive rollout.
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The HERO Act Requires Employers to Implement Enhanced Health and Safety Standards for the Workplace by June 4, 2021.
On May 5, 2021, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (the “HERO Act”) (S. 1034B) to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and other airborne infectious diseases in the workplace given the anticipated return of many employees to work. The expansive law directs the New York Department of Labor (the “NYDOL”) to create standards to prevent the spread of airborne infectious diseases by June 4, 2021. By that date, employers must either adopt those model standards or implement an alternative that meets or exceeds the minimum standards established by the NYDOL.
On May 5, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“HERO Act”) providing new workplace safety requirements on all employers in.
How to contact the unemployment office in New York: Phone, Email, and Postal Address
Have questions about your unemployment benefits and in need of support from the NY Department of Labor, here is how to get in touch with them.
MIKE SEGAR
REUTERS
As of April 2020, more than
778,000 New Yorkers are unemployed. While the numbers are still high relative to pre-pandemic levels (
3.8% in January 2020), they are down significantly from last April when they reach
1.4 million. The unemployment rate has been cut in half since its high of
16.2% recorded a year ago.
In March 2020, the unemployment rate in New York City, reached
The statement, addressed to Seth Andrew, then DBF s CEO, in Marlboro, lists a SBA Cares Act PPP Grant (Unrealized) in the amount of $943,365 as a current asset as of December 31, 2020.
As a liability, the statement also lists a slightly larger amount – apparently the PPP loan total plus a small amount of interest. The former figure represents what DBF will receive if its application to SBA for forgiveness of the loan receives the agency s approval: The loan would then become a grant.
Documentation obtained by VBM appears to indicate that DBF applied for the forgiveness in April. The status of that application is uncertain. Accessed on May 20, federalpay.org reports that the loan, issued through JP Morgan Chase Bank, has been disbursed by the lender and has not yet been fully repaid or forgiven. The SBA database provides no information on the question.