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YOUR ROOMATE NEEDS TO CALL THEM!!!!! i went thru same thing, my claim was 'approved' but no backpay came, turns out there was a flag on my account that needed manual override. system is a JOKE. don't just wait!!
The only way I finally got my backpay was through my state representative's office. Call your local assembly member - they have special contacts at unemployment and can expedite claims. Worked for me after 3 months of getting nowhere.
The NY unemployment system is still broken AF from the pandemic overload. Never seen such a mess. I got 5 different contradicting letters in a 2 week period last time I applied.
just had almost this exact situation. do the idme verification and then CALL THEM. you probly need to talk to a tier 2 specialist. the idme is required regardless of approval status
Thanks, I'm definitely going to do the IDme verification today. But calling them is so hard - been on hold for hours with no luck.
Try claimyr.com - they called for me after I spent literal days trying to get through. Worth every penny to not waste hours on hold.
u should look into if ur identity might have been stolen. theres been a huge spike in unemployment fraud since covid and sometimes they freeze legit claims when they suspect fraud. happened to me.
yeah right, another 'miracle solution'... what's the catch? 🙄 i see all these comments about this claimyr thing but has anyone here ACTUALLY tried it themselves?
I used it last month when I was in OPs situation. It works exactly as advertised - they call and wait on hold, then call you when they reach a person. Got my claim fixed that day after weeks of trying myself.
I used to work at the call center (quit 6 months ago). Here's what's probably happening: There's a default override rate in the system that activates if certain fields don't translate correctly between systems. It's supposed to be a failsafe but obviously it's creating more problems. You NEED to talk to a Tier 2 specialist to fix this - regular agents can't access that part of the system.
Am I the only one who finds it completely INSANE that we're all just accepting this broken system?!! In what world is it ok that we can't reach anyone, the system makes errors that cost us money we need for FOOD AND RENT, and we're all just sharing workarounds? The whole thing needs to be rebuilt from scratch!
😂😠NOT my first time but somehow I'm still shocked every time by how bad it is
Finnegan Gunn
Yo I literally couldn't get through to unemployment for MONTHS about my identity theft issue. Then I tried claimyr.com and got connected to a real person in like 2 hours. They got my case resolved that same day. The agent I talked to said they're dealing with thousands of fraud cases right now so you gotta be persistent.
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Finnegan Gunn
•No catch - they just call for you and wait on hold so you don't have to. When an agent picks up, they forward the call to your phone. Saved me like 6 hours of hold music lol
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Ashley Simian
•So I called unemployment 37 TIMES last month with no luck. Used Claimyr yesterday and talked to someone in under an hour. Sometimes you gotta try something different when the system is this broken.
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Oliver Cheng
CHECK YOUR MAIL CAREFULLY! When someone stole my identity for unemployment, I almost threw away a letter that looked like junk mail but was actually a tax form for benefits I never received. Also be prepared for this to potentially affect your taxes - you might get a 1099-G form for unemployment income that isn't yours. You'll need to contact NYS tax department to get that corrected too.
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