NY unemployment payment confusion - will benefits continue after BYE date with remaining effective days?

Benefits typically end on your BYE date regardless of how many effective days you have remaining. Your friend will need to file a new claim after her BYE date in March 2025. The system is designed this way to reassess eligibility based on more recent employment. However, if she hasn't worked and earned wages since filing her original claim, she might not qualify for a new claim. In that case, she would need to contact NYSDOL directly to discuss her options.

my bye date was last month, had like 60 days left and they cut me off completely. had to file new claim. took 3 weeks to process. sucked.

When is your friend's EXACT BYE date? The DOL website literally says "If you are receiving benefits and still have days remaining on your claim when you reach your BYE date, you MUST file a new claim to continue receiving benefits." So yes she definitely needs to refile, and NO those remaining days don't carry over!!! I learned this the hard way and went 6 weeks without benefits because I thought it was automatic!

NO I DIDN'T GET BACKDATED AT ALL! That's why I'm saying she needs to file THE DAY AFTER her BYE date! Mark March 15 on her calendar NOW and tell her to file first thing that morning. The system is designed to screw people over. And they'll make her wait for the new claim to process even though she was already in the system.

just want to say bye dates r confusing af! my cousin thought she could keep claiming after her bye date last yr & got in trouble for it, they said it was fraud even tho it was just a mistake

Hey there - just to add to what everyone's saying, your friend's situation is super common. BYE dates basically reset everything, even if you have days left. It sucks but that's the system. Tell her to definitely file that new claim ASAP when March comes around.

For your friend's March 2025 refiling, she should have these documents ready: 1. Employment records for all work since her last claim 2. W-2s or 1099s for 2024 3. Any separation notices if she worked briefly during her claim period 4. Her Social Security number and NY.gov ID information The refiling process takes approximately 2-3 weeks if everything is in order. I recommend filing the new claim immediately after midnight on March 15th for fastest processing. Also, remind her that she must continue to certify weekly during the waiting period, even though payments won't be released until the new claim is approved.

If she hasn't worked since filing her original claim, she likely won't qualify for a new UI claim because she won't have earned any wages in her new base period. However, she should still file because NYSDOL will review her claim and determine if she's eligible for what's called a "transitional claim" based on her previous employment. The system will automatically review this - she just needs to answer the questions truthfully during the application process.

btw that claimyr thing someone mentioned actually works, used it last month when my account got locked for no reason. beats calling 500 times

One more thing - tell your friend to print out her payment history and effective days remaining BEFORE her BYE date hits. Nice to have a record just in case there are questions later.