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Governor Cuomo Announces Federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance Now Available to
New Yorkers Affected by Hurricane Sandy

New Yorkers Who Work and Live in Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester Counties Can Apply.

Department of Labor Staff to Deploy to Disaster Areas to Register Impacted
New Yorkers.

Anyone unemployed due to Hurricane Sandy is immediately eligible and can submit a claim to the Department of Labor. The criterion for collecting disaster assistance is broader than for collecting regular unemployment benefits. Specifically, an individual can collect disaster assistance in any of the following cases:

• Injured in the disaster and unable to work, whether the person is an employee or self-employed.
• Workplace is damaged, or destroyed, or the person cannot work because of the disaster.
• Transportation to work is not available because of the disaster.
• Cannot get to work because must travel through the affected area, which is impossible due to disaster.
• Planned to begin working, but cannot because of the disaster.
• Derived most of income from areas affected by the disaster, and business is closed or inoperable because of the disaster.

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