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Cuomo Announces Release of $300 Unemployment Benefit

New York Post

After being criticized for foot-dragging, the Cuomo administration announced Thursday that next week it will begin distributing the expanded $300 weekly unemployment insurance benefits to up to 2.4 million jobless New Yorkers.

The White House had accused team Cuomo of dithering in applying for President Trump’s offer of the $300 bonus to the unemployed through the $44 billion Lost Wages Program, and only did so after the Post inquired about it.

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