Upstate United Applauds Passage of Unemployment Insurance Reform

January 25th, 2022

Statement from Zach Sampson, spokesperson for Upstate United

“We thank Senator Anna Kaplan and Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins for leading the charge on S.6791A. This sensible unemployment insurance reform will help employers across New York save money at a time when they’re seeing rising costs across the board. We urge the members of the Assembly to take immediate action on this measure.

Moving forward, we hope to see additional efforts to tackle New York’s $9.4 billion UI crisis.

Like Senator Kaplan and several of her Senate colleagues, we believe that investing federal aid to partially pay down the state’s $9.4 billion UI debt is the right thing to do right now. Struggling employers simply can’t afford a massive UI tax hit. We look forward to working with Governor Hochul and the Legislature to address this crisis in this year’s budget.”