‘No Money to Feed My Kids:’ NYers Still Waiting on Unemployment Despite New System | NBC New York

Many New Yorkers are confronting the reality of three or four weeks without any money, after hitting multiple snags in the inefficient and overwhelmed state unemployment application system. Some say they can't pay rent or bills, others don't have money to feed their kids or care for elderly relatives.

The New York State Department of Labor launched a new application system last week after coming under fire for forcing thousands of newly-unemployed New Yorkers to call a hotline that was not equipped to deal with demand.

NBC 4 spoke with multiple applicants who had recorded thousands of calls to the department over a period of weeks, only to reach a busy line, while more than 10,000 people signed a petition calling for an urgent fix to the application system.

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