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Complicated, frustrating and confusing are just some of the words New Yorkers are using to describe the process of filing for unemployment.

Dozens of taxi drivers waited for hours Wednesday to get into the limo and car service corporation on Jerome Avenue.

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As of now this is the only location assisting drivers with unemployment and any other questions they have.

Antonio Cabrera, president of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, says the drivers need more help with the process. With the help of Councilmember Rueben Diaz, the goal is to help any New York City taxi driver who needs it.

Anyone who needs help filing online can come by the center 6:30 a.m. to register and can be helped between 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

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Cabrera hopes they can start doing this in other locations, but the reality is they need the help. Right now, they have one person from Diaz&rsquo;s office helping more than 100 drivers a day.

In the past couple days, News 12 is told they&rsquo;ve completed more than 600 applications.

The site on 1700 Jerome Ave. will be open Monday through Friday.

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Take it, you know, today, I'm calling it for a good ish day now because you're not going to be seeing the wet weather and notice our silver lining here, 60 degrees. That's nice and very warm, big departure for December 2nd. And uh we are noticing the trend also heading into the pre dawn hours into tomorrow. Now by tomorrow afternoon, you'll definitely need those umbrellas, a lighter jacket alert for sure. Today, what to wear looks like that um, umbrella for tomorrow's soggy on and off showers all day and heading into dinner time. That's when things really start to improve. But a seasonal return once again, specifically Wednesday into Thursday, as we walk you through our future cast, the clouds are here and they will continue to stay with us thickening and also gradually building to more shower activity heading into overnight at first light, but then we have these rounds of rain. So, you know, not everyone gets to see them and experience them all at once, but their heavier pockets also embedded as early as eight and seven o'clock in the morning. You'll notice Brooklyn, you kinda see that, especially when we're talking about heading towards the afternoon time frame. So after 12 o'clock, that's when we can start to notice a bit more of those moderate heavier pockets, the contours of the deeper um, greens, as well as oranges and yellows. We're gonna need those umbrellas handy all day tomorrow. So be mindful of that accessory by four o'clock, things really lighten up and the showers seem like they kind of exit. But, you know, we are left with the clouds still at bay. So it's kind of a bit more of a damp start heading into Monday. Nice, beautiful clearing and the sunshine is back into play as we start off the next week. Now, as far as rain total, it looks like this. So three quarters of an inch close to an inch for some spots, very localized. I'm not very concerned about localized flooding. Uh but because it seems to be such kind of like nuisance rain, it's just gonna be a rainy day and that's something to just be mindful about. By Tuesday, Wednesday, we get back into the forties and as we start off Hanukkah on Thursday, we are expecting drier conditions and high temperatures into the forties. Much more like December.

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Hundreds of NYC taxi drivers seek help as they file for unemployment