HTN: New York is Cheap with Unemployment Benefits

New York has the lowest average unemployment benefit. There are over 500-thousand New Yorkers receiving unemployment benefits from the state. The largest sum anyone can draw is 405 dollars a week, and with an additional short-term 25-dollar stimulus boost. The average check is 314 dollars. Regionally, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania clock in at 600-dollars-a-week, while an unemployed Massachusetts worker can get up to 900 a week.