Can't reach New York Unemployment? Claimyr connects you to a live NYDOL agent in minutes.
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Using Claimyr will:
- 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.
An incredibly helpful service
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.
IT WORKS!! Not a scam!
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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I heard from someone who works at NYSDOL (friend of a friend) that their computer system had a major update that went wrong and affected about 20% of all active claims. They're working on a fix but it's taking forever because their tech is from like the 1980s 😩
not surprised their systems are ancient. have you seen their website? looks like it was designed when aol was still popular lol
Why is nobody talking about contacting our representatives about this?? Call your state assembly person and state senator! That's what I did and their office contacted unemployment on my behalf. Had my issue resolved within 48 hours. These offices deal with constituent services and can often get through to agencies when we can't.
I'll try this too! Who did you talk to when you called their office?
Just called the main office number and asked to speak with whoever handles constituent services for unemployment issues. They took all my info and followed up.
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Here's a trick that worked for me: if you keep getting an error online, try using a completely different device or browser. The NY unemployment site is weird with certain browsers. I couldn't file on Chrome but it worked on my phone.
Sadly this is happening to thousands of people. The system wasn't designed for all the claims it's handling. I volunteered at a benefits help center last year and this was one of the most common issues. KEEP CERTIFYING no matter what and document everything. Write down all error messages, take screenshots, note dates/times of calls.
Thanks for the advice. It's crazy how many people are dealing with this. I'll definitely keep records of everything.
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NY unemployment is THE WORST when trying to figure this out. I'm in a similar situation and still havent been able to reach anyone who can give me a straight answer. Let me know if you figure it out! 💀
Just fyi the $504 max weekly benefit amount was increased to $529 this year. So if your working part time and making less than that after taxes your probably eligible for something. But like others said, you have to have enough work history in your base period.
Actually its $540 now, they raised it again in October!
Oh I didn't know that! Thanks for the correction 👍
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This is seriously the most useful post I've seen on here in ages. The two device trick worked for me after 2 weeks of frustration!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 🙏
Giovanni Mancini
sounds like one of those ads that pops up everywhere. anyone ACTUALLY try this claimyr thing? hard to trust anything when it comes to unemployment help
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Giovanni Mancini
•No way, for real? Might try it then cause I'm going insane with this phone system
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Sofia Morales
•Yeah for real. They just keep calling until they get through. It's like having someone else do the annoying part for you.
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NebulaNinja
not falling for another unemployment 'hack'... these never work and the system is designed to make people give up. been trying since march with no luck
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Dmitry Popov
•I felt the same way but I did finally get through using OP's persistence method. Took me 4 days of trying but it worked. Don't give up!
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