Excluded Workers Fund

Undocumented immigrants can now apply for up to $2,000 per household.

“The fact that this fund has been depleted barely two months after it first opened is a testament to how badly New Yorkers need this lifeline."

While this change in federal policy is expected to ease burdens on applicants, State Senator Jessica Ramos said the state and city could still do more to make it easier for people to secure funds, calling initial state regulations, “gravely unfair.”