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After news that Suffolk unemployment rate climbed to 13.6% in July, State Assembly candidates call for unemployment benefit reform

by Sep 3, 2020
More than 110,000 Suffolk residents were unemployed in the month of July, according to data released last week by the New York State Department of Labor. Suffolk’s insured unemployment rate was 13.6% in July, more than a point higher than it was in June, according to the data.