New York Unemployment

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Really made a difference, save me time and energy from going to a local office for making the call.


Worth not wasting your time calling for hours.

Was a bit nervous or untrusting at first, but my calls went thru. First time the wait was a bit long but their customer chat line on their page was helpful and put me at ease that I would receive my call. Today my call dropped because of EDD and Claimyr heard my concern on the same chat and another call was made within the hour.


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Used this service a couple times now. Before I'd call 200 times in less than a weak frustrated as can be. But using claimyr with a couple hours of waiting i was on the line with an representative or on hold. Dropped a couple times but each reconnected not long after and was mission accomplished, thanks to Claimyr.


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I tried for weeks to get thru to EDD PFL program with no luck. I gave this a try thinking it may be a scam. OMG! It worked and They got thru within an hour and my claim is going to finally get paid!! I upgraded to the $60 call. Best $60 spent!

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This happened to me!!! There was an issue with my work search activities they needed to verify. Had to upload proof of job applications. Once I did that and spoke to someone it was fixed. But I never would have known without calling because their website showed NOTHING wrong with my claim.

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How did you finally get through to someone? I've been trying for days

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I tried for a week straight with no luck, then used claimyr.com which got me a callback within a few hours. Worth it considering how much money was being held up.

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I'm so sick of NY unemployment's terrible tech. How can a state with this much tax revenue have such a pathetic system? We deserve better than this garbage. Other states have actual functioning websites and clear communication!

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preach!! 👏 its 2023 and they still can't figure out basic website functionality

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you think NY is bad, try Florida's unemployment system! It was literally designed to fail and reject claims

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NY Unemployment claim ends 8/1/2021 - Need to file new claim or recertify? $137.70 penalty on my account

My benefit year is ending on August 2, 2021 and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. I started receiving unemployment back in October 2020 after getting laid off from my restaurant job. I'm looking at my unemployment information right now: Name: Andrew Wils Start/Effective Date: 07/27/2020 Benefit Year Ending Date: 08/01/2021 Weekly Benefit Amount: $448.00 Maximum Amount Payable: $18,400.00 Effective Days Remaining: 0 Amount you owe for overpaid benefits: $0.00 Amount you owe for penalties: $137.70 Total amount you owe: $137.70 I'm really confused because even though my payment history was showing I had about 50 effective days remaining, now when I look at my account details it says I have 0 effective days remaining. And my weekly benefit amount is showing as $448.00, not the $296.00 I thought I was getting. I also noticed I have a penalty amount of $137.70 that I have to pay back from when I accidentally reported my hours wrong a few months ago. At least there's no additional overpayment amount showing. Does anyone know if I'm supposed to keep certifying weekly or if I need to file a completely new claim once my BYE date passes? My benefit year ending date is August 1, 2021, which is in just a few days. I've tried calling but can't get through to anyone who can help. The website is super confusing about this. I don't want to mess anything up and end up owing more money or having my benefits stop. Will they automatically roll me over to a new benefit year since I have a zero balance now? Or do I need to reapply completely? I'm worried because I still need this income while I'm trying to find steady work again.

Does anyone know if there's a way to check how many effective days you have left without waiting for the mail? The website isnt showing me any of that info 🤔

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Go to payment history, then look at the most recent payment. It should show days remaining.

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Thanks I'll try that!

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Just be glad ur BYE date is only in September. Mine was in May and I've been stuck in pending purgatory since then. Can't reach anyone, website gives me errors, and I'm about to be evicted. NY unemployment is a disaster.

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Yeah I've tried everything. My state senator's office is "looking into it" but it's been 3 weeks of "looking" with no results.

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Honestly try claimyr.com - it's the only thing that worked for me after months of trying. Being able to actually talk to someone changed everything.

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I swear they design the system to be confusing on purpose. When I got my backpay it came in 3 separate deposits over 2 weeks. First big chunk, then nothing for 8 days, then two smaller payments back to back. Nobody at NY unemployment could explain why. 🤦‍♂️

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If you got some of the backpay but not all, give it at least 3-5 business days before calling. Their system processes payments in batches and sometimes there's a delay between batches. But definitely call if nothing happens by the end of the week!

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The unemployment website is useless for this. You 100% need to call and talk to a human. If your reason was that you were working a temp job, they should be able to help you claim those weeks since you're eligible again now.

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Thanks! Seems like calling is definitely the way to go based on all the comments.

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just went through this exact thing. its a nightmare BUT they will backdate you if you can get a human on the phone. its just the 'getting a human' part thats impossible. i ended up using claimyr.com after trying for 3 weeks to get through. paid them and had an agent on the line within the hour. they fixed it all up on that call. best money i spent all year considering how much backpay i was owed!

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another day, another company promising to fix the unfixable unemployment system lol

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lol I felt the same way but I was desperate. I was shocked when it actually worked.

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i got approved but my landlord refuses to participate in the program. says he doesn't want to agree to their terms (can't evict for 12 months, can't raise rent, etc). so now i'm just stuck in limbo. has anyone dealt with this?

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wait really?? they told me i was out of luck if landlord doesn't participate!

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That's not true! They changed the rules a few months ago. They'll pay you directly and then it's your responsibility to pay the landlord.

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ngl I was shocked when my ERAP application actually got approved. Applied in October, approved in January, landlord got paid last week. I didn't do anything special - just made sure all my docs were clear and followed up like once a week through the message center in the portal. Maybe I just got lucky with a good caseworker.

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