New York:
1) To file for unemployment insurance claim you should have available:
- ·Your Social Security number
- Valid New York State driver's license or Non-Driver Photo Identification Card number (only if you have either one)
- Your complete mailing address and zip code
- Telephone number where we can contact you between 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday
- Employer Registration number or Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) of your most recent employer (FEIN may be found on your W-2 forms), only if you have either
- Complete name, address, zip code and phone number of your most recent employer
- Alien Registration card number (only if you are not a U.S. Citizen)
- For web applicants only, if you are choosing to have direct deposit of your weekly benefits, you must have a check handy in order to enter your bank routing and checking account numbers
If you do not have this information, you may still file a claim for benefits, although incomplete information may delay your claim and any payments due you.
2) The current maximum weekly benefit rate is $405. Although your claim lasts one year (your benefit year), during that time you can only receive 26 times your full weekly rate (or the same amount of money for weeks of partial unemployment).
3) To apply, you may call the Telephone Claims Center at 1-888-209-8124 for New York State residents (1-877-358-5306 for out of state residents) between 8:00am and 5:00pm, Monday through Friday.
You can also Apply Online
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