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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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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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I've called 173 times today. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE. Not exaggerating, I've been keeping count. Not a single time got past the "we're experiencing high call volume" message. How is this acceptable in 2023???
Zara Perez
•Omg I thought my 86 times yesterday was bad. We're living in a dystopia fr
update: gave up at 211 calls. my finger hurts from redialing. will try again tomorrow at 8am sharp i guess 🙃
Quick question - does anyone know if unemployment benefits count as income for Medicaid eligibility in NY? Getting so much conflicting info online.
Aaliyah Reed
•Yes they do count as income for Medicaid. Make sure you report it or you could have issues later.
thanks! that's what I thought but wanted to confirm
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jst had this happen. took 7 months to clear up with ny unemployment. theyll send u a PIN number in the mail even tho u didnt apply - DO NOT THROW THIS AWAY. youll need it when u finally get thru to someone to prove its not u. good luck
7 MONTHS?!? That's insane. Thanks for the tip about the PIN. I'll keep everything they send.
yep 7 months. system is a joke. call early AM if ur doing it urself or use one of those calling services if u dont wanna waste ur life on hold
Have you checked if you've had a data breach? Go to haveibeenpwned.com and put in your email. Might give you clues about where your data got leaked from.
Just checked - looks like my data was in the T-Mobile breach last year 😖 That explains a lot
yeah that T-Mobile breach was MASSIVE. Affected like 50 million customers. Definitely change all your passwords!!
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James Maki
Guys we need to talk about how broken this system is. Why are they suddenly doing "random" checks AFTER approving people and paying benefits for months?? The NY unemployment system is a complete disaster. I've been dealing with them for so long and every month there's some new hurdle. It's exhausting. 😫
Cole Roush
•It's by design. They make it difficult so people give up. They don't want to pay benefits.
James Maki
•Facts. The system is designed to frustrate people into giving up their rightful benefits.
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Ellie Lopez
there's a backdoor number that sometimes works to get to a real person faster: [redacted for privacy] - press 1, then 3, then 2, then wait without pressing anything else
they changed this recently, it doesn't work anymore 😡
omg this EXACT thing happened to me!! i was able to fix it by going to the office in person. bring all the paperwork you have and be prepared to wait ALL day but at least you'll get it fixed
Kylo Ren
•Which office did you go to? I thought they were all closed to the public still
the one in Brooklyn - some are open now but limited hours. call ahead to make sure
Ava Harris
not to scare u but most ppl who have unemployment fraud also have tax return fraud. contact the IRS and your state tax dept to put a pin on ur account so nobody can file taxes in ur name.
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Malia Ponder
•Omg I didn't even think about taxes... this is getting more stressful by the minute ðŸ˜
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Jacob Lee
•you can get an Identity Protection PIN from the IRS website. makes it so nobody can file without it.
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Emily Thompson
am i the only one who thinks its INSANE that the ny unemployment system is so easy to hack?? like how does someone just file a claim with someone elses info and get approved??? no verification??? wtf
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Daniela Rossi
•actually they DO verify with employers but the fraudsters know how to game the system. sometimes they even create fake companies that "verify" the employment.
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Emily Thompson
•still completely ridiculous. in 2022 we should have better security than this!
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