My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: New York
This is a tricky one and I can find no specific mention of it anywhere online.
I am getting ready to file a new unemployment claim when I am laid off from a short-term gig in two weeks. My potential benefit year will be made up of the following income:
1st Quarter: Lots of income with regular job in New York
2nd Quarter: Lots of income with self-employed work in Canada
3rd Quarter: Lots of income with self-employed work in Canada
4th Quarter: Lots of income with self-employed work in Canada
5th Quarter: Lots of income with self-employed work in Canada
Current Unfinished Quarter: Very little income with regular job in New York
Because the income in Canada is via self-employment, there is no way to collect benefits from Canada. I have paid non-resident tax in Canada, but nothing into Canada's Employment Insurance.
The problem with filing a new claim in New York is that my total benefit year earnings will NOT equal 1.5 times my high-quarter earnings.
(Some info that may or may not be important: I have an old unemployment claim in New York that I ended up using very little of, but that benefit year expired in June, 2009.)
The question: Can anyone see a way to actually get a new claim approved? The way I see it, I would need to get them to include the Canadian self-employed income as part of my benefit year total earnings, but this is not something that is allowable. (I think.)

