NY unemployment payment delayed - certified but money not showing up?

Same thing just happened to me! I certified Sunday and usually get paid Tuesday but nothing yet. And my benefit year is good until June. No messages or emails from them either. The NY unemployment system is such a mess sometimes.

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This happened last month too - there was some system maintenance they were doing and payments were delayed by 2-3 days for a bunch of people. They never announce these things properly. Just wait till Friday and it'll probably show up.

check ur bank account too - sometimes the payment history doesn't update but the $ actually goes thru. happened to me in december

NYS unemployment has been having mad issues lately. My roommate had the same problem 2 weeks ago. Turns out they randomly flagged his account for an ID check. He had to upload his drivers license and SSN card then it got released 3 days later. Check if you got any messages about identity verification.

I've been on unemployment in NY for the past 8 months, and I've learned a LOT about how the system works (and doesn't work). Here's what might be happening with your delayed payment: 1. System delays - They sometimes batch process claims and there can be 1-3 day delays randomly 2. Random verification flags - The system sometimes auto-flags accounts for identity verification, work search verification, or earnings verification 3. Bank processing delays - Some banks hold UI payments longer than regular deposits 4. Quarterly review delays - At the end of each quarter they review some claims which can pause payments 5. Technical glitches - Their system is ancient and breaks constantly The MOST EFFECTIVE solution is getting a live agent on the phone who can see what's actually happening with your claim. After hours of frustration trying to get through, I discovered claimyr.com - they get you a callback from an actual agent (they basically wait on hold so you don't have to). This fixed my delayed payment issue in one call. Don't wait too long - if there's an issue with your claim, it won't resolve itself and could affect future payments too.

Somtimes the DOL runs batch processes that delay paymnets. But also could be ur certification had an error. Did u report any income or answer any questions differently than usual?

I bet its because of the President's Day holiday on Monday. Bank processing got pushed back a day. That's hapened to me on other holidays

Just fyi they sometimes do random fraud checks and freeze payments without telling you. 🙃 Happened to me last month, no notification, just suddenly no money. Had to call like 50 times to get someone on the phone who told me they needed to verify my identity AGAIN even though I'd already done it 3 months earlier.

have u tried contacting ur state rep? they sometimes can help push claims thru faster when ur having issues. worked for my sister

I work in HR and deal with former employees' unemployment issues all the time. NY's system has been SUPER delayed lately because they're supposedly upgrading some backend stuff. Several of our former employees have had similar delays in the past month. The issue is rarely anything serious - just bureaucratic slowdowns. But if you need the money urgently, you should definitely try to reach a live agent rather than waiting.

I swear NY unemployment is run on a commodore 64 computer in someone's basement 🤣 The whole system falls apart if someone sneezes too close to the server.

sometimes if u answer anything different during certification, it puts u in manual review. did u try clicking the "payment history" link? sometimes that shows more info than the homepage

dude the EXACT same thing happend to me last month. after trying to call for 3 days straight and never getting through i found this service claimyr.com that got me a callback from unemployment. turns out they had randomly selected my account for a "quarterly review" which paused payments. agent fixed it right away once i actually got to talk to someone.

did u get an email from them? sometimes they send important notices to ur email and if u don't respond they hold payment

Have you moved recently or changed your address? Sometimes a change in personal info triggers their fraud detection system.

This happened to me!!! There was an issue with my work search activities they needed to verify. Had to upload proof of job applications. Once I did that and spoke to someone it was fixed. But I never would have known without calling because their website showed NOTHING wrong with my claim.

I'm so sick of NY unemployment's terrible tech. How can a state with this much tax revenue have such a pathetic system? We deserve better than this garbage. Other states have actual functioning websites and clear communication!