2016 New York Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 18 - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LAW
Title 7-A - (602 - 612) SHARED WORK PROGRAMS
607 - Benefits.

  607.  Benefits.  1.  Amount.  An  eligible  claimant  shall be paid
  benefits for any week equal to his or her benefit rate multiplied by the
  percentage of reduction of his or her wages resulting from reduced hours
  of work, but only if such percentage is no less than twenty percent. The
  weekly benefit amount shall be rounded off  to  the  nearest  dollar.  A
  claimant  shall  not be paid such benefits in excess of twenty-six weeks
  during a benefit year.
2. Waiting period. A claimant shall not be entitled  to  benefits  for
  the  first week of unemployment under a shared work program unless he or
  she has served a waiting period in his or her benefit year  pursuant  to
  subdivision seven of section five hundred ninety of this article.