So back in June 2020, I got some extra unemployment payments that I wasn't supposed to - about $1400 total when I was working as a freelance designer. I didn't notice until DOL sent me a letter in April this year saying I owed it back. I heard about the overpayment waiver program and submitted all my paperwork on July 11. It's been almost 3 months and I haven't heard a single thing! The weird part is that three other freelancers I know applied for the same waiver program, and they all got approval letters in the mail weeks ago. One guy applied a week after me and already got his waiver approved. When I check online it just says "pending review" and nothing else. Should I be worried? Has anyone else been waiting this long? It's stressing me out because I really can't afford to pay this back right now.

Recently my workplace shut down for a couple weeks due to renovations. I'm already collecting unemployment benefits from a part-time job I lost back in November. My current weekly benefit is around $187. Now my boss at my main job is telling everyone to file for unemployment during the renovation period. I'm worried that if I file a new claim, it might interrupt the payments I'm already getting. Would filing a new claim cancel my existing benefits? Or would I keep getting my current payments until the new claim kicks in with possibly higher benefits? Has anyone dealt with this situation before with NY unemployment? Don't want to mess up what I'm already getting by filing something new.

So I've been claiming my weekly benefits without any problems for almost 3 months now. But suddenly this week, no payment has shown up in my account. It's been 4 days already when usually the money is there within 2 days after certification. My online account shows nothing pending and everything looks normal in the system - it says my claim was processed successfully. I've called at least 8 times over the past few days and every single time I just get the automated message saying they're experiencing high call volume and to try again later. No option to even wait on hold! Does anyone know what could be going on? Is anyone else not getting paid this week? And has anyone actually managed to talk to a real person about this? I'm getting really worried because rent is due next week and I was counting on this money.

I lost my job about 5 months ago and didn't file for my first month of unemployment because my company said I might get a severance package within those first 30 days. Turns out they never sent the severance during that period, so now I'm trying to get those 4 weeks of back payments from NY unemployment. I've sent three different requests through the portal - first one about 9 weeks ago, second one around 5 weeks ago, and just sent another last week. Haven't heard anything back at all. Called the unemployment office at least four times but keep getting the automated message saying they're too busy and to try again later. Never even get put on hold. Starting to get really frustrated since that's almost $1800 I'm missing. Does anyone have advice on how to actually get these back payments processed? I've tried everything I can think of.

Just updated my direct deposit info with unemployment last Tuesday after switching from Chase to Bank of America. My weekly certification on Sunday showed 'payment released' on Wednesday, but the money hasn't shown up in either account as of today (Friday). Called both banks and neither one has any pending transactions or records of this payment. Really starting to worry since I need this money for rent next week. Has anyone dealt with this before or know how long it typically takes after changing bank accounts? The website shows the payment was processed but it's just... gone somewhere in the banking system.