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I've been on unemployment for 6 months now and honestly the whole system is a mess. Good luck getting consistent answers from different NYS Department of Labor reps about anything. My neighbor got approved for benefits immediately while my claim sat in adjudication for weeks with no explanation.
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THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS BROKEN!!! Companies can just lay people off whenever they want and workers get scraps. I've been dealing with NYS Department of Labor for months trying to appeal a disqualification and it's like they don't even care about people's lives
I hear you on the frustration. Have you tried filing a complaint with your local representative's office? Sometimes they can help escalate issues that get stuck in the bureaucracy.
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The NYS Department of Labor system is so slow right now!! I've been waiting 3 weeks for my approval and every time I call they just say to wait longer. It's ridiculous that they can't give you a straight answer about timing.
I feel you on this - the waiting is the worst part. At least you know layoffs are usually approved pretty quickly once they get to reviewing your case.
Just want to clarify something important - even if your initial claim is still pending, you should start filing your weekly claims as soon as you're able to. You can file weekly claims even before your initial application is fully processed. This ensures you don't lose any benefit weeks while waiting for approval. The weekly claims will just sit there until your main claim gets approved, then they'll process all the back weeks.
Oh wow, I didn't know that! I thought I had to wait for approval first. I'll start filing my weekly claims right away. Thank you!
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I had a similar issue with getting through to NYS Department of Labor about my overpayment questions. After weeks of busy signals and dropped calls, I found this service called Claimyr at claimyr.com that actually got me connected to a real person at NYS Department of Labor. They have a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI showing how it works. Might be worth checking out if you need to clarify anything about your overpayment before filing taxes.
How much does something like that cost? Seems like we shouldn't have to pay extra just to talk to someone at our own unemployment office
I get the frustration, but after spending hours trying to get through myself it was totally worth it. Sometimes you just need to talk to an actual person to sort these things out properly.
File your taxes for sure! I owed money back to unemployment too and my tax guy said it's totally separate. The worst thing you can do is not file because then you get in trouble with taxes AND unemployment. At least if you file your taxes you're only dealing with one government agency being mad at you lol
Thanks, that actually makes me feel better about it. I was imagining all these government agencies talking to each other and making my life miserable.
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I had so much trouble getting through to the NYS Department of Labor when I needed help with my application. The phone lines are always busy and I kept getting disconnected. I ended up using this service called Claimyr that helped me get through to an actual agent. Check out claimyr.com - they have a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI that shows how it works. Saved me hours of trying to call myself.
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Kelsey Chin
•interesting, never heard of that before. did they charge you anything for helping you get through?
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Vincent Bimbach
•They do charge a fee but honestly it was worth it to actually talk to someone at the NYS Department of Labor instead of sitting on hold for hours. Much faster than trying to reach them on my own.
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Norah Quay
Just make sure when you're on my.ny.gov that you see the official New York State seal and everything. There are fake unemployment sites out there trying to steal people's info. The real site will never ask for upfront payments or weird personal details like your bank routing number during the initial application.
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