Posted on 08/19/2020 3:09:06 PM PDT by 11th_VA
NEW YORK (WHEC) -- Unemployed New Yorkers who were hoping to get the additional weekly benefits President Donald Trump promised a few weeks ago, are out of luck. The State of New York has to request the money to fund those payments from FEMA and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday, he will not be doing that.
Under the last stimulus package, the Federal Government was providing $600 weekly payments, on top of state benefits, to those who are out of work during the pandemic.
The payments ended at the end of July and when lawmakers in Washington couldn't reach a deal to extend them, President Trump stepped in with an executive order that would provide $400 per week instead. The catch? States have to pay 25% ($100/week) of it.
'You cannot get water out of a stone, that is a fact and we have a $14 billion dollar deficit, and we can't pay for it,' Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
The estimated cost to New York State is $4.2 billion.
But FEMA has since clarified that it will allow states to count the existing unemployment payments they're making toward the 25% share, meaning if a state signs up, unemployed workers could still get a $300 weekly payment.
Jennifer Lewke (News10NBC): 'Under that plan, there'd be no additional cost for New York in order to offer the unemployed the $300, will you apply for that FEMA money to fund those payments?'
Gov. Andrew Cuomo: 'I don't know what the feds most recent decision is, I don't know that any of it is legal. I don't believe the whole executive order mechanism is legal. So, I think this is all an artificial construction for political reasons.'
Gov. Cuomo says even if he thought the President's order was legal, it requires too much leg-work...
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NYS min 104. Max 504.
With their cost of living????
You are correct. Looks like 3 states have a date with Arizona on 8/17. But all the rest are still TBD.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3875715/posts
“ I don’t know that any of it is legal. I don’t believe the whole executive order mechanism is legal. “
Of course we all recall his opposition to Obama’s executive orders.
Its about hurting the GDP.
NYS accounts for around 8% of US GDP.
Hurting us to hurt the nation and Trump.
It won’t work, but they’ve got nothing else.
>>Coumo just politicized the relief efforts so blatantly that even the dumbest people can see it. <<
Never underestimate the stupidity of democratic voters.Just when you think they could not get dumber, they do.
So maybe New York will find out that these people can move their businesses and such to a more tax friendly state.
Dept of Labor estimates 1mil unemployed get less than 100 wk. If so 33mil get over 100wk.
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