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Check if this is connected to the recent tax adjustment thing. I know they've been adjusting unemployment tax withholdings for some people. Maybe this was related to that but processed incorrectly?
If all else fails, try the phone service claimyr to get through to unemployment. Then refuse to hang up until they transfer you to a supervisor who can actually help. Regular agents just read from scripts and can't fix unusual problems like this.
can confirm this works - supervisors have way more authority to fix weird situations
your bank may have resources to help too! I work at a credit union and we have a whole department that helps members with identity theft. they can't fix the unemployment issue directly but can help protect your other accounts and credit.
How did you even find out? Now I'm paranoid someone could be collecting in my name and I wouldn't even know...
I only found out when I got a 1099-G tax form showing unemployment income I never received. You could request a wage and income transcript from the IRS to see if there's anything fishy on your record.
not falling for another unemployment 'hack'... these never work
Actually the claimyr thing worked for me last week. I was shocked. Got a real person on the phone after trying for days on my own.
Huh, might check it out then. Literally nothing else has worked for me...
So I was about to throw my phone after 3 hours on hold when my neighbor told me about claimyr.com - I was super skeptical but figured what did I have to lose? They called me back with an actual unemployment agent on the line within an hour. The agent was able to verify my identity right over the phone and got my claim processed. Talking to an agent got my $$ unlocked so fast I couldn't believe it. After weeks of ID.me hell, it was fixed in one phone call.
Did they have to start your claim all over or were they able to continue from where you were stuck?
The most frustrating part is you cant even check on the status. I tried calling NY unemployment and they said it's an IRS issue. Called IRS and they said they can't give status on individual adjustments. It's like they designed this system to be as annoying as possible 🙄
Seriously! They're playing hot potato with our money.
I had the same experience but finally got someone helpful after using claimyr.com to get through. They connected me with an agent who actually looked up my file and confirmed it was in process.
Amara Chukwu
Check your payment history on the ny unemployment website. It tells you exactly how many effective days you have left. Each effective day is 1/4 of your weekly benefit. So 4 effective days = 1 week of benefits.
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GalacticGladiator
•Oh that's helpful! I've got 54 effective days left according to the website.
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Amara Chukwu
•So that's 13.5 weeks which would take you to mid-September, but since the programs end Sept 4, that's your cutoff date.
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Giovanni Conti
These unemployment questions are getting too complicated for reddit tbh. I'd call and ask a specialist. You'll need to talk to NYSDOL eventually for the BYE date stuff anyway.
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Fatima Al-Hashimi
•Lol good luck calling them! 😂 Been trying for weeks to get through.
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NeonNova
•Try claimyr.com - worked for me when I couldn't get through for a month straight
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