If they meet the requirements for getting help, the government will pay part of their income for a limited amount of time and initial jobless claims counts those who request these benefits for the first time.
And you know, my big thing was doing 10 weeks of work in the theater because you did 10 weeks of work, when you went back to New York, you could collect your unemployment.
New York congressman George Santos was arrested on federal charges alleging he embezzled money from his campaign, lied to Congress about his income and cheated his way into undeserved unemployment benefits.