Finance

The New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said the state lost at least $11 billion due to unemployment fraud during the first year of the COVID19 pandemic. According to the audit, the DOL failed to replace a “long-troubled” system that has been outdated since 2010. This made it easier for criminals to steal money.  Auditors […]

Next Week is Thanksgiving and travelers can expect to see a rise in gas prices. Officials with GasBuddy said that the national gas price average is expected to be $3.68 on the day of Thanksgiving — a $.30 increase from last year. Experts added this is higher than the previous record of $3.44 in 2012. […]

Do you mail checks? Well be aware that thieves are stealing checks from the mail and using account numbers to write bogus checks. Law enforcement officials call this scheme “wash and cash.” The scam clearly targets people who drop checks in the mail. Thieves lift the account and routing numbers and create their own fake […]

More and more people are putting money on the game, or games. Online sports-betting company DraftKings Inc. posted higher-than-expected revenue for the start of this year’s football season. The company reported revenue of $502 million for the three-month period ended Sept. 30, more than double its revenue in the same period last year. Click Here To […]

There were no big treats from the Halloween night Powerball drawing, as none of the tickets sold matched all six numbers. The lack of a winner means the next drawing Wednesday night will be for a massive $1.2 billion jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Monday were: white balls 13, 19, 36, 39, 59 and the […]

After RG&E proposed a hike in its gas and electric prices and amid billing issues that we’ve investigated for months. Local grassroots organization Metro Justice and City Council Vice President Mary Lupien will host a town hall on Thursday to call for a public takeover. The meeting will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. […]

The last shoe may have dropped for Kanye West. Adidas had ended its partnership with Ye, In a statement Tuesday, the sportswear maker said it “does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech” and said that his recent comments were ‘unacceptable, hateful and dangerous.” Adidas said they violated the company’s “values of […]

Every Monday Morning at the WDKX Watercooler at 10am EST. Dr. Cheryl McKeiver (Mama Mac) talks about money. Dr. McKeiver mention a few weeks ago about this year’s Thanksgiving dinner will cost more than last year. Will according to USA Today Mama Mac was right again. It starts with a 13% increase in candy prices […]

Friday evening ended with a blocking to frustrate all, a federal appeals court has temporarily blocked President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan halting any debt from being erased. This ruling comes less than a week after the application portal went live. Nearly 22 million people (more than half of qualifying borrowers) have signed up. White […]

In the state’s attempt to stop unemployment fraud, the New York State Department of Labor is implementing a new feature. Yesterday, NYSDOL announced that it will be using Multi-Factor Authentication, or MFA, throughout New York’s Unemployment Insurance system to provide cyber security protection to New Yorkers. The way MFA will work is users will get […]