Unemployment payments across New York are going up for the first time in six years. Here's what you need to know.

New York households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will see larger monthly benefits ...

Starting next week, unemployed New Yorkers will be getting an increase in the maximum weekly unemployment benefit. Gov. Kathy Hochul says it is part of paying off a $7 billion debt to the federal ...

Beginning on Oct. 13, the maximum amount a claimant can receive will be bumped up to $869, which is $365 more than the current benefit.

Hundreds of thousands of families across New York will benefit from a summer food assistance program designed to help parents feed their children while school is out of session. On Monday, Gov. Kathy ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — New York State paid off its almost $7 billion in debt to the federal Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund on Monday morning, a move state officials said will raise benefits for ...