How long after waiting week is released till NY unemployment releases remaining payments?

same thing happened 2 me last month... waiting week came thru first then the other payments took like 3-4 business days after that. dont worry yet

Generally, once your waiting week is processed, your regular benefits should follow within 2-3 business days. However, if this is your first claim for 2025, there might be additional verification steps happening in the background. The system processes payments in batches - waiting week is handled separately from regular benefit weeks. Check your payment history page for the exact status. If it shows 'processed' or 'released' but hasn't arrived, it's likely just the normal bank processing delay. Direct deposits usually take 1-2 business days after NYSDOL releases them.

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It's completely normal for the waiting week to process first, followed by your regular benefit payments. The NY unemployment system processes different payment types on different schedules. Here's what typically happens: 1. Waiting week gets released first (which you've seen) 2. System verifies your eligibility one final time 3. Regular benefit weeks are batched for payment 4. Payment is transmitted to your bank/payment method 5. Your financial institution processes the deposit From my experience helping claimants, you should see your regular benefits within 3 business days after the waiting week payment arrives. If you don't see anything by Monday, that's when I'd recommend reaching out to NYSDOL directly.

Am I the only one who NEVER got a waiting week payment AT ALL??? Everyone talks about the waiting week payment but I thought that week was unpaid by definition??? The DOL website even says "the waiting week is the first week of your claim, and you don't receive benefits for it" so I'm super confused reading this thread!!!

In my experience, once waiting week clears, the rest follows pretty quickly. I remember last year when I was on NY unemployment, it took about 2 days after waiting week for the rest to hit my account. Just make sure you've been certifying correctly each week!

This waiting period after the waiting week is COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS!!! The whole system is designed to delay payments as long as possible hoping people just give up. I had to wait 8 DAYS after my waiting week before getting my first real payment and almost missed my car payment because of it. NYSDOL knows exactly what they're doing - holding onto our money to make interest while we suffer. And just wait until they randomly decide to "review" your claim and payments stop for a month with NO EXPLANATION. The whole system is BROKEN BY DESIGN!!!

my roommate said they release payments on specific days of the week depending on last name. anyone know if thats true??

UPDATE: The rest of my payments just hit my account this morning! So it was exactly 2 business days after the waiting week payment came through. Thanks everyone for the advice and support! What a relief to finally have this sorted out.