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19: 'I Apologize For The Pain,' Cuomo Says As NY's Unemployment System Still Overwhelmed
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an apology to stressed New Yorkers who have been unsuccessfully attempting to apply for unemployment insurance on a site that has repeatedly been crashing due to too much activity amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Between Monday, March 23 and Saturday, March 28, the New York Department of Labor received approximately 3.4 million hits on its site for unemployment filing, approximately 10 times what it would during a normal week. In that same period, the department has fielded more than 8 million calls, a 16,000 percent increase from the ave…