1.0National Center for Law and Economic Justicehttps://nclej.orgPatrick Fowlerhttps://nclej.org/author/patrickCommentary: State should ease up on collection of overpaid pandemic unemployment benefits - National Center for Law and Economic Justicerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="onisk5P8Zn"><a href="https://nclej.org/in-the-news/commentary-state-should-ease-up-on-collection-of-overpaid-pandemic-unemployment-benefits">Commentary: State should ease up on collection of overpaid pandemic unemployment benefits</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://nclej.org/in-the-news/commentary-state-should-ease-up-on-collection-of-overpaid-pandemic-unemployment-benefits/embed#?secret=onisk5P8Zn" width="600" height="338" title="“Commentary: State should ease up on collection of overpaid pandemic unemployment benefits” — National Center for Law and Economic Justice" data-secret="onisk5P8Zn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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This article was originally published in Times Union. Read it here. New Yorkers who lost work because of the pandemic now face thousands of dollars of debt because the state is trying to collect pandemic-era benefits overpaid to...