How to File for New York Unemployment
The state of New York provides unemployment insurance for qualified workers who lost their job. To qualify, you must have lost your job through no fault of your own, although you may qualify if you were fired for causes that did not amount to misconduct, or if you quit to avoid a hazardous or hostile work environment, or due to a change in your work conditions. You also must be ready willing and able to work.
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Instructions
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File for unemployment in New York immediately after you find out that you lost your job. A delay in filing could mean a delay in your unemployment insurance benefits.
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Gather the following before you file for unemployment:
A. Your Social Security number
B. Your New York State driver's license or ID card number
C. Your complete New York mailing address and zip code
D. Telephone number where you can be contacted between 8 a.m. through 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
E. If you are not a U.S. citizen, you will need your Alien Registration card number
F. The names and addresses of all employers where you have worked within the last 18 months. If you worked in another state during this time, include these as well.
G. If you had federal employment within the last 18 months you will need copies of forms SF8 and SF50.
H. Employer Registration number or Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) of your most recent employer (FEIN is found on your W-2 forms)
I. If you were in the military in the previous 18 months have a copy of your most recent separation form DD 214. -
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Go to the unemployment benefits website link in the Resources section. You will need to file online between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., or all day Saturday, and Sunday until 7 p.m. You may claim benefits for last week between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Saturday.
This site is operated by the New York State Department of Labor.
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Enter your Social Security number to start your application for unemployment. Fill in each field of data requested from the information you gathered in step 2. If you do not know something you can skip it, however, there is a potential for delayed processing of your claim.
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Select a direct deposit method of payment to your checking account or a direct payment card. You will have to wait one full before your unemployment benefits will start. If you have severance from your employer, you will have to wait until payments for severance end to start collecting unemployment in New York.
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Tips & Warnings
Always provide accurate information to the New York State Department of Labor. Do not provide false information.
Resources
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