Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

The state Department of Labor launched an online process this week by which claimants can certify unemployment benefits for past weeks, days after saying thousands of New Yorkers were not certifying ...

Many people have complained about the process of filing for unemployment. From websites that crash to waiting hours on the phone to speak to a representative, the process has been long and hard.

Thousands of New Yorkers haven't certified their unemployment benefits correctly. The New York Labor Department is trying to help them catch up. A new online process will help claimants certify ...