Administer the state?s unemployment insurance program activities

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded the Department of Labor New York $139,972,632 in formula grant funding on October 1, 2025, to administer the state's Unemployment Insurance program under CFDA 17.225.

The award funds operational costs of New York State's unemployment insurance administration, including the state's administrative workload, claims processing capability, claimant systems operation, staffing, and overhead. The funding enables the state to maintain or improve performance in timeliness and quality of unemployment insurance claims processing and improper payment handling. Expected outcomes include sustained or improved ability to identify fraudulent claims and reduce improper payment rates.

The period of performance runs through December 31, 2028, with place of performance in New York State. The recipient does not intend to subaward funds. The Unemployment Insurance program provides annual base operation grants determined by workload projections and nationally developed workload estimates, with additional quarterly funding adjusted to actual workloads.

Purpose

The purpose of this grant is to administer the state?s unemployment insurance program activities.

Activities

Funding provided to the state is for costs incurred for the operation of their unemployment insurance program. This includes the state?s unemployment insurance administrative workload and their ability to process claims. This also includes the operation of the state?s claimant systems as well as staffing levels and overhead costs.

Expected outcomes

The state is able to maintain or improve levels of performance regarding the timeliness and quality of processing unemployment insurance claims, as well as effectively handling improper payments. The state?s ability to identify fraudulent claims and reduce improper payment rates is maintained or improved.

Intended beneficiaries

Unemployment compensation claimants.

Subrecipient activities

The recipient does not intend to subaward funds.