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innerspaceboy · 01-24-2023, 01:43 PM

It's been a hell of a day. I nearly threw myself into traffic. I'll try to update you as briefly as I can for the few who've been kind enough to offer condolences.

I learned there is a Veterans rep (regarding the veterans job I just applied for) at the city's training center and was encouraged to print and deliver a resume directly to her. I put on my best suit and went downtown. She never showed due to a family emergency. When I got home I emailed the rep my docs and left a VM on her cell saying "hope the fam is okay - here's my resume." I later learned that government job applicants are filtered by a computer based on the responses to the 65-question survey I filled out when I applied so my efforts really won't be of any merit.

I also learned there is a small satellite unemployment office downtown hidden in the back of a restaurant with no signage. I paid $14 for parking and got lost in the cold trying to find the hidden office. They sat me at a phone where I was put on hold for an hour to talk to customer service in Albany. I had a panic attack and security had to escort me outside to get my breathing back to normal.

Evidently, NYS had botched my unemployment user ID tying it to the email address I'd used 15 years ago which is why benefits were held up. They said they can't pay me back for the last 8 weeks unless they cancel my claim and have me go home, wait 24 hrs for a reset, and start the entire process from scratch, then try to call them again to get them to manually back-date the claim for those 8 weeks.

They said the other hold up was that my employer never got back to them with a reason for termination, and said that it would likely be another 8-10 weeks on top of the first 8 weeks before they can approve my waiting week for my first unemployment payment.

I really hope I catch a break soon. I can't take much more of this. Thanks for listening. Wish me luck.