Stop the Closure of the NYC DOL Unemployment Claims Center! 

The New York State Department of Labor (DOL) is planning to close the Unemployment Telephone Claims Center (TCC) located at Hudson St. in lower Manhattan and transfer the employees to other DOL locations in Troy and Glendale NY.

As many as 250 state employees at the DOL will be affected, and will be forced to choose between their jobs or there communities.

While the labor market has improved recently, unemployment is still high in NYC and this plan will move jobs from lower Manhattan as it struggles to recover from the terrorist attacks of 9-11. There are a large number of workers, many who do not speak English, who need access to benefits. The New York City DOL staff includes many bi-lingual employees who are able to assist these non-English speaking unemployed workers.

Closing the TCC will cost taxpayers and businesses millions in unrecoverable unemployment payments, translation services and training

What can you do?

Fax the following letter opposing the closure of the TCC to Labor Commissioner Linda Angello and tell her to stop the closure.