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| https://lowey.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-lowey-127000-new-yorkers-and-5000-lower-hudson-valley | Congresswoman Lowey: 127,000 New Yorkers and 5,000 in Lower Hudson Valley Losing Jobless Aid December 29th | 2013-12-17 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Democrat | House | NY | Nita Lowey | L000480 | lowey.house.gov | legacy | Lowey, Local Job Seekers, and Labor Leaders Say Congress Must Extend Critical Unemployment Aid Immediately 1.3 Million Job Seekers in U.S. to Lose Essential Federal Unemployment Benefits Over The Holidays Lowey: The failure of Congress to act threatens to push many of our neighbors over a frightening financial cliff and hurt our economy. WHITE PLAINS, NY Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, Lower Hudson Valley job seekers, and labor leaders said today that Congress' first order of business in 2014 must be to retroactively extend federal unemployment insurance benefits. The call for action came as over 5,000 displaced workers in Westchester and Rockland Counties prepare to lose access to all federal jobless aid beginning December 29th, after House Republican leaders adjourned the House for the year without extending federal unemployment insurance benefits. Federal unemployment insurance took effect in 2008 and has been reauthorized several times as families continue to recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The funding runs out on December 29th, at which point Americans who have been looking for work for more than 26 weeks will no longer receive assistance. As a result, 4,056 individuals in Westchester County and 1,092 in Rockland County currently receiving federal jobless aid will lose their unemployment benefits. In total, 127,100 New Yorkers will lose access to their benefits, as will more than 1.3 million people across the United States, Lowey said. An additional 132,800 New Yorkers would lose their unemployment insurance benefits in the first half of 2014, costing New York State 19,826 jobs in 2014, according to a new report. The new analysis also finds that the U.S. will lose 240,000 jobs in 2014 unless Congress retroactively extends federal unemployment benefits. As the holiday season approaches, the financial stakes could not be higher for Lower Hudson Valley families, said Congresswoman Lowey. The failure of Congress to act threatens to push many of our neighbors over a frightening financial cliff and hurt our economy. To strengthen these families and our economy, Congress must retroactively extend these essential benefits as the first order of business when it returns in 2014. It is a disgrace that millions of Americans and more than 100,000 New Yorkers, those who continue to suffer long term unemployment, will no longer be able to sustain themselves and their families because the US Congress has failed to extend the Federal Unemployment Insurance, said Paul Ryan, President of Westchester/Putnam Central Labor Body. An unemployment insurance extension would provide needed relief for New York families, allow them to have some dignity and also provide a bridge until they can return to steady employment. Congress must pass an extension to the federal unemployment insurance now. Speaker Boehner doesn't seem to understand that unemployment insurance isn't a hand out - it's a hand up and by ending unemployment insurance on December 29th, the Republican leadership is going to release that life-saving grip on over a 100,000 New York families. Yet, that is just the beginning, because as more and more workers seeking jobs find none, they too will fall from hardship into catastrophe when they run out of the meager 26 weeks of benefits, said Joe Mayhew, Secretary/Treasurer of CWA Local 1103 and Vice President of the Westchester/Putnam Central Labor Body. The unemployment rate in New York State is 7.6%. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |