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A mockup of a New York Department of Labor check with the words John Q. Public, Eight-Hundred-Ninety-Six-Dollars and 00/100 cents. The amount is magnified to highlight the $869 unemployment checks will rise to on October 1.
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The maximum benefit jumps from $504 per week to $869 now that NYS has paid off debt in the system.
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