Skyrocketing Unemployment Claims ‘Collapsed’ New York’s System, Cuomo Says

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives a press briefing about the CCP virus crisis in Albany, New York, on April 17, 2020. Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images

New York state’s unemployment website system “collapsed” following a surge in applicants after the state ordered the closure of nonessential businesses to slow transmission of the CCP virus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on April 21.

Cuomo said there are now 1,000 people working to cope with the surge in applications, as they process unemployment claims online and though New York’s phone system.