New York’s Excluded Workers Fund is Running Out of Cash
Tens of thousands of undocumented workers could be left out. Advocates are pushing to add more funds.

Update: On October 8th, two days after this article was originally published, the New York State Department of Labor stopped accepting new applications for the Excluded Workers Fund.


This article has been updated to clarify proponents’ estimates of how much expanding the fund to cover all eligible applicants could cost.

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