Counter-argument: that question is a relic from the regular UI system and is not the intent for PUA certifications.
Honest question here: do you think that you can earn a few thousand a week in earned income and still be eligible for PUA? Again, DUA rules which PUA is based on and NY has clearly published guidelines on this and clearly states that the $504 applies to SE income.
Why do they ask this question for regular UI system??
If before the pandemic (regular UI system) I was terminated from a w-2 job, filed for UI, after few weeks started working SE 3 days a week earning $5,000 a week you would of still be eligible for partial UI according to the guidelines.
Don't see what changed now
Again, don't ask me common sense, I'm just saying what the guidelines are.
We have enough to suffer from all non-sense laws that the government makes, now that it comes out a benefit from it just take it... Don't leave legal money you are entitled to on the table to support all other non-sense programs from the government, because you don't understand it
I don't think that a person that is charged on bank fraud should sit 27 years in prison neither, If they claim THAT'S THE LAW! THIS IS ALSO "THE LAW"