Unions representing workers in New York celebrated provisions in the state budget, unveiled last week, that will raise unemployment insurance for New Yorkers and improve working conditions for airport workers across the state.
According to the $254 billion spending plan for Fiscal Year 2025-26, weekly unemployment insurance for qualifying New Yorkers will increase from $504 a week to a maximum $869 a week by October, and striking workers will now be able to collect unemployment benefits after just two weeks out on strike, down from three weeks.
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