NYS Department of Labor extra $600 unemployment benefit timeline - when did it start and end?
I'm trying to figure out my unemployment payment history from a few years back and I'm confused about the timeline for the extra $600 weekly payments. I know there was additional federal money added to regular NYS Department of Labor benefits but I can't remember exactly when it started and when it ended. I need this info for my tax records and I'm getting different dates online. Can someone clarify the exact timeline for when NYS Department of Labor claimants received the extra $600 per week?
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Adrian Hughes
The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) provided an additional $600 per week to all unemployment benefit recipients. It started on March 29, 2020 and ended on July 31, 2020. This was added to your regular NYS Department of Labor weekly benefit amount automatically - you didn't need to apply separately for it.
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Lara Woods
•Thank you! So it was exactly 4 months? That matches what I'm seeing in my old payment history.
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Molly Chambers
wait i thought there was another round of extra money after that too? i remember getting something in early 2021 but it wasnt $600
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Adrian Hughes
•You're right! After the $600 ended, there was a gap, then they brought back FPUC at $300 per week from January 2021 through September 6, 2021. But the original question was specifically about the $600 amount.
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Ian Armstrong
God I miss those days when unemployment actually paid enough to live on. The extra $600 made such a difference when everything was shut down.
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Eli Butler
•Same here, that extra money literally kept me afloat during the worst of it.
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Marcus Patterson
If you're looking for your exact payment records, you can log into your my.ny.gov account and access your payment history through the NYS Department of Labor portal. It should show all the federal supplements alongside your regular state benefits. Sometimes dealing with their phone system is impossible, but if you really need to speak to someone about historical payments, I had good luck using claimyr.com - they help you get through to actual NYS Department of Labor agents. There's a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI that shows how it works.
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Lara Woods
•Thanks for the tip about the online records, I'll check my my.ny.gov account first before trying to call.
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Lydia Bailey
Just to be super clear on the timeline since I had to research this for my own records: the $600 FPUC was retroactive to weeks of unemployment beginning March 29, 2020, and the last week it was paid was the week ending July 25, 2020 (though some states paid through August 1st depending on their payment schedule). New York followed the federal timeline pretty closely.
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Jamal Harris
•This is really helpful - I was getting confused because I kept seeing different end dates online. So NY definitely followed the July 25th week ending date? I want to make sure I have the right weeks counted for my tax prep.
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Ravi Sharma
•Yes, NY followed the federal timeline. The last payable week was July 25, 2020. But just to clarify - you would have received the $600 for that week ending July 25th if you were eligible for unemployment that week. So if you're counting weeks for taxes, include that final week of July. The payments might have actually been deposited a few days into August depending on your payment schedule, but the coverage period ended July 25th.
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Natasha Kuznetsova
For anyone still looking for this info, I found it helpful to know that the $600 FPUC payments should show up separately on your 1099-G tax form from the NYS Department of Labor. They're usually listed as a separate line item from your regular state benefits, which makes it easier to track exactly how much federal supplement money you received during that March-July 2020 period. Just wanted to add that in case it helps with tax prep!
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