So I lost my job back in February 2021 and collected ny unemployment for about 5 months before finding work again in July. I waited until the beginning of April 2022 to file my taxes because I kept hearing rumors about some kind of unemployment tax break coming. When I finally filed through TurboTax on April 3rd, there was some notification about a $10,400 tax exclusion on unemployment income. My refund ended up being about $2,900 which seemed higher than I expected. Now I'm seeing posts where people are getting extra refunds from the IRS for this unemployment tax thing, but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to get one too or if mine was already calculated in my original refund since I filed late. Has anyone else filed in April who can confirm if the exclusion was automatically applied? Or should I be expecting another check at some point?

Just certified for my weekly unemployment on Sunday and I'm having a weird problem. The system is still showing last week's payment from 10/18/2021 that was released on 10/19/2021, but nothing for this current week. My account details show: Start/Effective Date: 07/26/2021 Benefit Year Ending Date: 07/31/2022 Weekly Benefit Amount: $468.00 Maximum Amount Payable: $12,168.00 Effective Days Remaining: 101 According to the system, I last certified for benefits for the week ending 08/15/2021, and my payment for that week was released on 08/16/2021. I certified on time like always and I didn't work or change anything. The system usually updates by Tuesday with my new payment. When I log into uihp2.labor.ny.gov, I can see all my information, including the note about Weekly payments for $600 showing "O" under the "Effective Days" column, and Debit Card or Direct Deposit under the "Type" column, which are the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payments. I understand that each day in a week (Monday through Sunday) that I qualify for benefits is called an effective day, with a maximum of 4 effective days each week. I know I need to qualify for all 4 effective days to receive my total weekly benefit rate. But I haven't worked at all, haven't received vacation pay, and have been available every day. Has anyone else experienced this delay? Is the NY unemployment system having issues this week or should I be worried something's wrong with my claim? Usually by 6:37 my payment information would have updated.

Just certified for my weekly benefits on Sunday as usual, but didn't get my payment deposited today like I normally do. The website shows I successfully certified but there's no payment status and nothing hit my bank account. This has never happened before in the 4 months I've been on unemployment. I'm starting to worry because I have rent due this friday and I'm counting on this money. Does anyone know the direct number to call? I had it saved somewhere but can't find it now. Getting really stressed out about this.

Feeling desperate as my unemployment benefits are about to expire in 3 weeks. I've had 17 interviews since April and nothing has come through. Some companies never respond, others go with internal candidates, and a few said I was overqualified. I've already cut expenses to the bone - cancelled streaming services, stopped eating out, sold my gaming console. Still have rent, utilities, car payment, and insurance that won't magically disappear. My savings are basically gone after paying for car repairs last month. Applied to retail and fast food but they either don't call back or say I'm overqualified. I'm starting to worry about how I'll even afford groceries. Anyone else in this situation? What are you planning to do when benefits run out? Any suggestions for quick income sources while still job hunting?

I filed for unemployment in March after getting layed off from my warehouse job. I got approved pretty fast and started getting weekly payments direct deposited. Then in May everything stopped. No payments for like 3 weeks. I checked my account online and saw a message about needing to verify my identity through this ID.me thing. I had no idea what to do. Tried calling the unemployment office but kept getting hung up on. I finally found the ID.me website but I'm totally confused about how to upload my documents. I tried using my phone camera but the pictures weren't clear enough I guess? Then I tried to use the video chat option but waited for 2 hours and nobody ever connected. My rent is due next week and I'm down to my last $120. Has anyone dealt with this ID.me verification process? Does it actually work or is this just another way to delay our payments?