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!
Really made a difference
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!
Consistent,frustration free, quality Service.
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 had the same question last mnth! press 4 if u want them to take taxes out now. if not then dont press anything. i chose to have them take it out cuz i dont wanna deal with owing later.
PSA to everyone receiving benefits: UNEMPLOYMENT IS TAXABLE INCOME. The feds want about 10%, NY state will want their cut too. Option 4 only covers federal, not state.
THIS!!! Can't stress this enough. I've seen so many people get blindsided at tax time because they didn't know unemployment is taxable.
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The NY unemployment system is deliberately complicated to prevent people from getting benefits. It's been this way for YEARS. Identity verification through ID.me is just the security checkpoint - you still need to file an actual claim. Sorry you're dealing with this!
Melissa Lin
Just an FYI - after you do apply (which yes, is separate from ID verification), don't be surprised if your claim gets flagged for additional verification. Mine was and I couldn't get any benefits for 6 weeks until I could talk to someone. The phone lines are impossible to get through on, I had to use claimyr.com to get a callback from an agent. Frustrating but it finally got resolved.
Saame. My claim was pending for almost 8 weeks because of "verification issues" whatever that means. Calling did nothing until I tried that service too. Suddenly my money appeared three days later 😒
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Darcy Moore
This whole system is a joke. I used to work for a state agency (not unemployment but similar) and I can tell you exactly what's happening: these cases get flagged in their system and put in a special investigation queue. The problem is they have like 5 investigators for thousands of cases. So unless someone manually flags your case as priority, it just sits there forever. You need to find a way to get it prioritized.
Dana Doyle
•This is so true. My cousin works at NYSDOL and says the same thing. The fraud dept is understaffed by like 70%.
Liam Duke
I tried for MONTHS to get my claim fixed after identity theft. Called hundreds of times. Finally used claimyr.com and got through to a real person who actually helped. Talking to an agent got my $ unlocked so fast after almost giving up. Sometimes you just need to get to the right person who can actually help instead of the usual script readers.
Liam Duke
•No they just get you connected to the unemployment office directly. It's like paying someone to wait on hold for you, then they call you when a real agent picks up. The service itself doesn't ask for any personal info.
This sounds promising. Going to give it a try!
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Kiara Greene
The NY unemployment system is so broken it's actually impressive. Like how do you mess up THIS badly? Maybe try tagging them on Twitter - sometimes the social media team can help when regular channels fail.
Evelyn Kelly
•Their twitter team actually helped me last year when I was stuck in verification hell. Worth a shot!
Paloma Clark
Seeing all these responses makes me realize I'm not crazy for being so frustrated with this system. Been dealing with ID.me issues since June and still no resolution. NY unemployment is a special kind of torture.
Isabella Costa
Whatever you do, ACT FAST!!! The longer these fraudsters collect benefits in your name, the harder it is to fix. Learned this the hard way when someone used my info last year.
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Malik Jenkins
Anyone else notice how much identity theft has increased for unemployment specifically? Its gotta be an inside job or a major data breach in the system. Too many people dealing with this same exact issue.
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Freya Andersen
•It's because they relaxed all the verification requirements during covid and never tightened them back up properly. Perfect storm for scammers.
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Eduardo Silva
•I work in IT security and you'd be SHOCKED how bad government systems are protected. Like 1990s level security for some of them.
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