Many still waiting for unemployment check

Senator Joe Griffo urges Governor Cuomo to focus more of his attention on unemployment.

Who filed an unemployment claim a month ago and have still not received their first check.

The secretary of the governor says you should get money this week if you've been waiting.

And if you haven't started a claim....we're told the process is now more streamlined.

Senator joe griffo of rome has written a letter to governor cuomo urging him to put more of his attention on the unemployment issue to get people money.

Tc : 42:17 - 42:36 "despite the efforts that have been made to adjust, to potentially fix this, it hasn't worked.

So we have to go back and make sure that people are getting the money.

Not a promise that it's coming.

Because some of these people have so many challenges that are facing in their own lives right now but they need to be able to survive."

When we asked the governor's office for comment, jack sterne, spokesperson for the governor's office, released the following statement, "we've distributed billions of dollars to unemployed new yorkers, compared to mere millions in other major states.

We know there is more work to do, we feel the pain of every new yorker in need, and we are in overdrive to get money into their hands, while working against a volume of claims that is already four times larger than the 2008 crisis.

Like every other aspect of this crisis, the need is immense and immediate -- but so are our efforts, and we are throwing everything including the kitchen sink at this to deliver for new yorkers."

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