Scathing Audit Reveals Andrew Cuomo’s New York Lost $11 Billion in Unemployment Fraud in 2020
New York let fraudsters off the hook with at least $11 billion in taxpayer cash as unemployment claims soared at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic – helped by relaxed eligibility rules and an already crumbling state unemployment system, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli charged Tuesday. The $11 billion was lost in 2020, under the government of …