Can't reach New York Unemployment? Claimyr connects you to a live NYDOL agent in minutes.
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- Connect you to a human agent at the NYDOL
- Skip the long phone menu
- Call the correct department
- Redial until on hold
- Forward a call to your phone with reduced hold time
- Give you free callbacks if the NYDOL drops your call
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If I could give 10 stars I would If I could give 10 stars I would Such an amazing service so needed during the times when EDD almost never picks up Claimyr gets me on the phone with EDD every time without fail faster. A much needed service without Claimyr I would have never received the payment I needed to support me during my postpartum recovery. Thank you so much Claimyr!
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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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An incredibly helpful service! Got me connected to a CA EDD agent without major hassle (outside of EDD's agents dropping calls – which Claimyr has free protection for). If you need to file a new claim and can't do it online, pay the $ to Claimyr to get the process started. Absolutely worth it!
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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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Emma Olsen
I've been dealing with NY unemployment for 18 months and here's what I can tell u: DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. Take screenshots of your payment history before and after the negative amount. Save any emails or messages. Write down names of anyone you speak to. You'll need all this if you have to appeal.
just throwing this out there but have u moved recently? sometimes when your address changes they can flag your account for verification and hold payments
Ana ErdoÄŸan
•I did actually move about 3 months ago! But I updated my address in the system right away.
Even if you updated it, sometimes it triggers a review. Worth mentioning when you get someone on the phone.
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Skylar Neal
tried logging into id.me today and my account was showing as "verified" but ny unemployment still says pending?? makes no sense
Ruby Blake
•that's exactly what I was saying! they're two separate systems. id.me can show verified but unemployment still has to process it on their end
Dont waste ur time waiting. Srsly. I waited 6 weeks thinking it would just magically start working. Finally used claimyr.com to get an agent on the phone and they fixed it in 5 minutes. Turns out my ID verification was done but stuck in some queue on their end. Talking to an agent got my $ unlocked so fast, wish I'd done it weeks earlier.
Sophie Duck
•Just tried this after seeing multiple people mention it. Got connected to an agent after about 2.5 hours! They confirmed my ID verification was completed but not processed yet. They're expediting it now.
awesome! glad it worked for you too. spread the word cause so many people are just waiting when they could get it fixed.
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Unpopular opinion but you might just need to wait it out. My backpay randomly appeared after 7 weeks with no warning or explanation. The system is working through a HUGE backlog.
Ezra Bates
Watch out - if they coded your claim wrong initially, they might not even know you're eligible for those earlier weeks. I had to literally explain to the agent that I had been laid off in March not May because someone entered my info wrong.
Ella Lewis
•How would I know if they coded my claim wrong? Is there somewhere I can see that info?
Ezra Bates
•On your payment history page, check the "effective date" of your claim. That should match the date you became unemployed. If it doesn't, that's your problem right there.
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Diego Vargas
has anyone actually received a paper check who can confirm what the envelope looks like? i think mine might have been stolen from my mailbox ðŸ˜
Plain white envelope with NY state return address. Nothing flashy or obvious that it's a check inside. Easy to miss!
Diego Vargas
•thx! gonna check with my neighbors to see if anyone got it by mistake
StarStrider
The whole NY unemployment system is designed to be confusing so people give up on getting what they're owed. Been dealing with them for years and it never gets better no matter who's in charge.
Zara Rashid
•bruh that's so messed up. people need this money to survive
Sean Doyle
•Yep. And the phone system is designed to handle way fewer calls than they actually get. It's not broken - it's working exactly as intended.
Lauren Johnson
i had something similar happen and it was bcuz they found out one of my employers had reported incorrect wages. Took like 5 weeks but eventually got a pretty decent chunk of money backdated. just wait it out or try to get someone on the phone if ur anxious about it.
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Jade Santiago
Fun fact: the NY unemployment system still runs on COBOL programming from the 1970s. That's why these 'recalculations' and weird messages happen - the system is literally ancient. 🦖
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Daniel Price
•that explains why the website looks like it was made before the internet existed lol
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Olivia Evans
•No wonder it takes them 6 weeks to make a simple change to your claim. They're probably using punch cards to update the system 💀
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