Can I collect unemployment benefits...
... if I quit my job?
Answer: Probably not, and that's only fair. Unemployment benefits are for people who can't find work, not for people who don't want to work.
HOWEVER
An informant at the at the New York State Department of Labor tells me that -- in New York at least -- there are cases in which you may receive benefits even if you quit or resign from your job. The reasons for this:
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