Fix unemployment system NOW.

Fix unemployment system NOW.

Started
April 3, 2020
Petition to
Governor - New York Andrew M. Cuomo and
Signatures: 142,174Next Goal: 150,000
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Why this petition matters

Started by Michael Desposito

There are now millions of people who cannot get through the phone lines to complete their unemployment applications. Or those who have completed and are still not receiving any money. 

Many of us having been trying for over a month, calling hundreds or even thousands of times a day just to try to reach one person to finish our applications or those trying to figure out why they are "Pending" and still not getting any money, with no answers in sight.  

At this point many of us already have or are about to run out of money for basic needs like food and rent. We're trying to borrow money from friends, or starting GoFundMes, or going to food banks, but how long can this last? 

We propose the following changes:

1) Allow all incomplete applications to be filled out and completed over the internet.  #WaiveTheCall

2) Implement a numbered Callback System for all people to have the option of leaving their phone number for a return call. 

3) Immediately disburse funds for Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) to those with pending applications, including the Self Employed and all those waiting for approval of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

 WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER - IT IS A MATTER OF SURVIVAL, NOT LUXURY. 

Join our Facebook Group with tens of thousands of others going through the same thing:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/223743412368739/

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