“when (after working 3 jobs) she made it out of her circumstances and informed them she no longer needed their help. She said they were amazed. They’d never had anyone honest enough to come do that before.”
We moved from NY to CA in 2001 so I had to quit my NY job. Since it was due to my husband’s relocation I qualified for NY unemployment. I think it was for three months. After three weeks in CA, I found a job and called NY to have them take me off of unemployment. The rep was flummoxed — said people don’t do that, and they don’t know how to stop payments. (She said I should get the money simply because I’m honest.) I wrote a letter. Still got the payments. Whatever...
NYS does do audits and occaisional “unemployment “fraud” round-ups...not that I’m saying you did anything wrong. I just glad you never got caught up in one. I did the unemployment thing in NYS in 1996. Found a job after 3 weeks, informed them, and it was instantly shut off.