Hey everyone, I'm in a bit of a pickle with NYDOL. I accidentally received an overpayment on my unemployment benefits and now I'm trying to figure out when I'll get my regular benefits again. Has anyone dealt with this before? I got a notice from them but I'm not sure what to do next. Any advice would be really appreciated!

Hey everyone, I'm having an issue with my unemployment benefits. I'm owed for a couple months from last year, but I haven't received anything yet. Has anyone else dealt with this? Any advice on how to get this sorted out?

My claim got rejected for the third time in September. I was let go from my position at a marketing firm back in May due to 'company restructuring' but they're claiming I quit voluntarily. I've sent them my termination letter twice and even had my former supervisor write a statement confirming I was laid off. First time they denied me in June saying insufficient documents, second time in August they said I didn't meet eligibility criteria, and now they're still saying I voluntarily quit. I've been trying to call them for 2 weeks straight but can never get through - either busy signals or disconnects after being on hold for 1-2 hours. I'm running out of savings and need to request a hearing but their website is so confusing. Has anyone successfully requested a hearing and actually won their case? What forms do I need to fill out? The rejection letter mentions something about requesting a hearing within 30 days but doesn't explain HOW to actually do it.

I received a targeted email from the Small Business Administration yesterday and I'm totally confused about what to do. I was driving for rideshare companies (Uber/Lyft) back in 2018, but then I was on unemployment in 2020/2021. The SBA form is asking for income from these years and I have no idea what to put down. Should I include my unemployment benefits as income for 2020/2021 on this SBA form? Or do I just put zero for those years since unemployment isn't technically business income? I still have all my rideshare income records from 2018 but nothing after that since I wasn't driving anymore. Has anyone dealt with this situation before with SBA forms while on NY unemployment?

I've been fighting with ny unemployment for almost 8 months now trying to get my missing federal supplements. I had 2 weekly payments reissued - one from March 12th and another from August 15th. They sent me the base state benefit amounts but didn't include the $300 federal supplements that should've been attached. I've called at least 12 times over the past 5 months and spoken with different agents who all claim they've "submitted a request for the federal portion" but nothing ever happens. Yesterday I finally got through again and the agent told me something completely different - that the system supposedly doesn't have any way to send the federal supplements separately from the weekly payments! This seems like total BS since they managed to send me the state portion separately. Has anyone experienced this or know what I should do? That's $600 they're withholding from me and I'm getting nowhere with these endless phone calls.