State Police in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania have been getting an increase in reports of people having unemployment benefits falsely filed in their names.
With non-essential businesses in New York State ordered to keep 100% of their workforce home, state systems to help the unemployed are being overwhelmed.
The Binghamton area unemployment rate last month was lower than a year earlier.
According to the state Department of Labor, the jobless rate for the Binghamton market - which includes Broome and Tioga counties - dropped to 7.7 percent...