{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-520","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Labor Law § 520","heading":"Base period","body":"§ 520. Base period.  A claimant's \"base period\" is one of the\nfollowing:\n  1. For the purpose of subdivision one of section five hundred\ntwenty-seven of this article, the term base period shall mean the first\nfour of the last five completed calendar quarters ending with the week\nimmediately preceding the filing of a valid original claim.\n  2.  For the purpose of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section\nfive hundred twenty-seven of this article, the term base period shall\nmean the last four completed calendar quarters ending with the week\nimmediately preceding the filing of a valid original claim.","path":["Labor Law","Article 18. Unemployment Insurance Law","Title 2. Definitions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/LAB/520","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"42a252fb97833ff0c8a9f94a88c2cad42eb83fbe8f896141e992d5b98a97f852","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-519","next":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-521"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}