Department of labor customer service number ny

As of April 2020, more than 778,000 New Yorkers are unemployed. While the numbers are still high relative to pre-pandemic levels (3.8% in January 2020), they are down significantly from last April when they reach 1.4 million. The unemployment rate has been cut in half since its high of 16.2% recorded a year ago.

In March 2020, the unemployment rate in New York City, reached eleven percent, meaning that one in ten workers found themselves out of a job. A year later, the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2%, highlighting the strong job gains made in spite of the heavy toll the virus took on the US’ most populous city. The Ithaca area, home to Cornell University saw the lowest unemployment rate at the height of the pandemic at 4.7%. Since last Spring, it has followed the trend of the state and fallen to 3.6%.

Those looking to get in touch with the New York Department of Labor, related to questions on their unemployment benefits, there are various ways to connect.

Phone Number

The “Telephone Claims Center”(TCC) is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM until 7:30 PM. Those with questions can call toll-free at (888) 209-8124. The department has warned possible callers that call volumes have been high and wait times are to be expected.

The hearing impaired can find more information options available on the NY Department of Labor website.

Those calling should be aware that “TCC staff cannot help you with issues related to your NY.gov account, such as difficulty logging in, changing your personal information or resetting your password.” For those struggling with those issues, the correct number to call is 800-833-3000.

Email

For those who find that their specific question is not addressed in the Q&A section, a direct message can be sent through your NY.gov account. More information on how to send a message has been released by the department.

Physical Address

Those who would like to send paperwork or other materials to the Department of Labor can address their mail to:

New York State Department of Labor

P.O. Box 15130

Albany, NY 12212-5130

In order to ensure that your request can be processed in a timely manner, it is vital that your Social Security number appear on the top right-hand corner of all pages.

  • Agency: New York State Department of Labor
  • Division: Unemployment Insurance Division
  • Phone Number: (888) 209-8124
  • Business Hours: Monday - Friday: 8 AM - 7:30 PM
  • Staff is available through the automated phone system during business hours. Automated assistance is also available in Cantonese, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Russian, and Spanish.

You can make a complaint by contacting the Department of Labor Inquiry Line.

  • Agency: New York State Department of Labor
  • Division: Division of Labor Standards Local Office
  • Phone Number: (888) 469-7365
  • Business Hours: Monday - Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM
  • Staff is available through the automated phone system during business hours. Call volume is often high. If you don't get through, call back later.

By Mail

New York State Department of Labor,
Office of Special Investigations, Bldg 12 - Room 576
W. Averell Harriman Campus
Albany, NY 12240

  • Agency: New York State Department of Labor
  • Division: Unemployment Insurance Employer Fraud
  • Phone Number: (866) 435-1499
  • Business Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week

By Mail

New York State Department of Labor
Liability and Determination, Fraud Unit
Building 12, Room 282
State Office Campus
Albany, NY 12240

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A

TopicPhone Number

Acquisition and Assistance (Grants) ETA

202-693-3301

Administrative Review Board

202-693-6200

Affordable Care Act

1-866-444-3272*

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – General information

1-866-633-7365*

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – Federal contracting

202-693-0106

Apprenticeship

1-877-872-5627

B

TopicPhone Number

Back Pay

1-866-487-9243*

Benefits Review Board (BRB)

202-693-6300

Black Lung Benefits Act (Title IV of the Mine Act)

1-800-347-2502*

Black Lung Claims (OWCP)

1-800-347-2502*

Bloodborne Pathogens

202-693-2300

Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals

202-693-7542

Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)

202-693-4770

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

202-691-5200

C

TopicPhone Number

Child Labor – International

202-693-4843

Child Labor Law -WHD

202-693-0715

Civil Rights (OASAM)

202-693-6500

Classroom Training

202-693-2772

COBRA Laws (Pension Benefits) EBSA

1-866-444-3272*

Congressional Affairs (OCIA)

202-693-4600

Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) (BLS)

202-691-7000

CPI Quick Line

202-691-6994

Cost of Living (BLS)

202-691-7000

D

TopicPhone Number

Davis-Bacon and Related Acts

202-693-0087

Disabilities, workers with (ETA)

202-693-3045

Disabilities, workers with

202-693-3844

Discrimination – Age

202-693-0106

Discrimination – Disability

1-866-633-7365*

Discrimination – Ethnic/National Origin

202-693-0106

Discrimination – Gender

202-693-0106

Discrimination – Race

202-693-0106

Discrimination – Religion

202-693-0106

Distance Learning

202-693-2772

E

TopicPhone Number

Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA)

202-693-3500

eLaws (OASP)

202-693-5959

Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

1-866-487-9243*

Employee Protections – Mass Transit

202-693-0123

Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)

202-693-6420

Employment Opportunity in DOL (OASAM)

202-693-7690

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (EBSA)

1-866-444-3272*

Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)

202-693-6360

Employment Services (ETA)

202-693-3046

Employment Statistics (BLS)

202-691-6555

Ergonomics

202-693-2300

Executive Order 11246

1-800-397-6251*

F

TopicPhone Number

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

1-866-487-9243*

Family Medical and Leave Act (FMLA)

202-693-0066

Family and Medical Leave

1-866-487-9243*

Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

202-693-0101

Federal Contract Compliance Assistance

202-693-0103

Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA)

202-693-0040

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act (the Mine Act)

202-693-9414

Foreign Labor Certification

202-693-3010

Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (1-800-347-3756) (OIG)

202-693-6999

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

202-693-5540

G

TopicPhone Number

Garnishment of Wages

1-866-487-9243*

H

TopicPhone Number

H1-B Visas

202-693-3010

Hazard Communication

202-693-2091

Hazadous Materials (Solid Waste)(OSHA)

202-693-0066

Hiring – Veterans

202-693-0106

History of the U.S. Department of Labor

202-693-5937

Homework-Cottage Industry (WHD)

202-693-0715

Hotline to Report Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in DOL Programs

1-800-347-3756*

Hours of Work

1-866-487-9243*

I

TopicPhone Number

Immigrant Labor Certification

202-693-3010

Indian and Native Americans (ETA)

202-693-3841

Indian and Native Americans

202-693-3841

Indoor Air Quality

202-693-2091

Inflation – Retail

202-691-7000

Inflation – Wholesale

202-691-7705

Injury Rates (Statistics) (BLS)

202-691-6170

Inspector General (OIG)

202-693-6999

International Labor

202-693-4770

J

TopicPhone Number

Job Openings at the U.S. Department of Labor

202-693-7690

Job Search

202-693-3046

Job Search – Employment services

202-693-3046

L

TopicPhone Number

Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA, or Taft-Hartley Act)

202-693-0123

Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA)

202-693-0123

Labor Practices (Unfair) (WHD)

202-693-0067

Labor Relations – Recordkeeping and Reporting

202-693-0123

Labor Surplus Areas (ETA)

202-693-3980

Lie Detector Tests

1-866-487-9243*

Literacy and Numeracy Skills

202-693-3700

Longitudinal Data

202-691-7410

M

TopicPhone Number

Marital and Family Characteristics Data

202-691-6378

Mass Transit – Employee Protections

202-693-0123

Maternal Benefits (WB)

1-800-827-5335*

Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers

1-866-487-9243*

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

202-693-9414

Minimum Wage and Overtime (WHD)

1-866-487-9243*

N

TopicPhone Number

National Labor Relations Board

202-273-1000

O

TopicPhone Number

Occupational Data

202-691-6569

Occupational Outlook Quarterly

202-691-5717

Occupational Outlook Handbook

202-691-5715

Occupational Safety and Health Act

202-693-1999

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

202-693-1999

Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ)

202-693-7300

Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

1-866-633-7365*

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

202-693-0101

Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)

202-693-0123

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)

202-693-7299

Office of Trade Agreement Implementation (ILAB)

202-693-4900

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)

202-343-5580

Office of Youth Opportunities

202-693-3036

Office of Youth Services

202-693-3030

Older Workers

202-693-3842

One-Stop Centers

202-693-2772

On-the-Job Training

202-693-2772

O'NET (ETA)

(919-814-0375

OSHA Information

1-800-321-6742*

OSHA Review Committee (OSHRC)

202-606-5100

Overtime

1-866-487-9243*

Overtime Pay

1-866-487-9243*

Overtime Pay Exemptions

1-866-487-9243*

P

TopicPhone Number

Pension Plans

1-866-444-3272*

Producer Price Index (PPI)

202-691-7705

Projections – Employment

202-691-5700

R

TopicPhone Number

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 503) – General information

1-866-633-7365*

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 503) – Federal contracting

202-693-0103

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) – General information

1-866-633-7365*

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) – Federal contracting

202-693-0103

Retail Price Index

202-691-7000

S

TopicPhone Number

Safety and Health

202-693-1999

Safety and Health – Agricultural

202-693-2100

Safety and Health – Construction

202-693-1707

Safety and Health – Maritime

202-693-2100

Safety and Health – Mining

202-693-2100

Safety and Health Regulations – Inspections/Citations/Penalties

202-693-2100

Safety and Health Regulations – Recordkeeping

202-693-1702

Safety and Health Training – Mandatory

202-693-2200

Safety and Health Training – Voluntary

202-693-2200

Safety Issues

202-693-1999

School to Work Opportunities Act

202-401-6222

Settlement Judges

202-693-7300

Silica/Silicosis

202-693-2300

Small business

202-693-7299

Statistics – Absence from Work

202-691-6378

Statistics – Average Hourly Earnings

202-691-6555

Statistics – Benefits

202-691-6199

Statistics – Collective Bargaining Agreements

202-691-6281

Statistics – Compensation

202-691-6199

Statistics – Contingent Workers

202-691-6378

Statistics – Discouraged Workers

202-691-6378

Statistics – Displaced Workers

202-691-6378

Statistics – Educational Attainment

202-691-6378

Statistics – Employee Tenure

202-691-6378

Statistics – Employee Turnover

202-691-5870

Statistics – Employment and Earnings

202-691-6555

Statistics – Employment and Unemployment

202-691-6378

Statistics – Fatalities

202-691-6170

Statistics – Flextime and Shift Work

202-691-6378

Statistics – Home-Based Work

202-691-6378

Statistics – Immigrant

202-691-6378

Statistics – Industries

202-691-6555

Statistics – Injuries and Illnesses

202-691-6170

Statistics – International Labor Force

202-691-5654

Statistics – Labor force

202-691-6378

Statistics – Layoffs

202-691-6392

Statistics – Minimum wage

202-691-6378

Statistics – Minority Workers

202-691-6378

Statistics – Multiple Jobholders

202-691-6378

Statistics – National Employment

202-691-6555

Statistics – Occupations

202-691-6569

Statistics – Older Workers

202-691-6378

Statistics – Part-Time Workers

202-691-6378

Statistics – Personal Consumption Expenditures

202-691-6900

Statistics – Productivity

202-691-5606

Statistics – Regional Employment

202-691-6559

Statistics – Salary and Wages

202-691-6569

Statistics – State

202-691-6559

Statistics – Sub-State

202-691-6392

Statistics – Turnover

202-691-5870

Statistics – Unemployment

202-691-6392

Statistics – Veterans

202-691-6378

Statistics – Wages and benefits

202-691-6199

Statistics – Women workers

202-691-6378

Statistics – Work stoppages/strikes

202-691-6275

Statistics – Working poor

202-691-6378

Summer Work

202-693-3030

T

TopicPhone Number

Technical Skills

202-693-3030

Trade Adjustment Assistance (ETA)

202-693-3560

Training Grants

1-877-872-5627*

Training – Trainers and Providers

1-877-872-5627*

Tuberculosis

202-693-2300

U

TopicPhone Number

Unemployment Benefits – Eligibility

1-877-872-5627*

Unemployment Insurance

1-877-872-5627

Unemployment Statistics

202-691-6378

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

1-866-237-0275

Union Elections – Officers

202-693-0143

Union Finances

202-693-0123

Union Membership Statistics

202-691-6378

Unions – Investigations of

202-693-0143

Unions – Rights of Members

202-693-0123

Unions – Recordkeeping and Reporting

202-693-0123

Union Reports (LM-1, LM-2, LM-3, and LM-4) (OLMS)

202-693-0123

V

TopicPhone Number

Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS)

202-693-4701

Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)

800-397-6251

W

TopicPhone Number

Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

1-866-487-9243*

Wage Determination Rules

1-866-487-9243*

Welfare-to-Work

202-693-3910

Welfare/Pension Benefits (EBSA)

1-866-444-3272*

Whistleblower Protection – Safety and Health

202-693-2199

Wholesale Price Index

202-691-7705

Women, Work, and Family Issues

202-693-6710

Women's Bureau (WB)

202-693-6710

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

202-693-3079

Workers Compensation – Coal Mine Workers

1-800-347-2502*

Workers Compensation – Energy Employees

202-693-0081

Workers Compensation – Federal Employees

202-693-0040

Workers Compensation – Longshore and Harbor Workers

202-693-0038

Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

202-693-3045

Workforce Professional Training

202-693-2772

Wirtz Labor Library

202-693-6600

Y

TopicPhone Number

Youth Councils

202-693-3608

Youth, Students, and Dropouts Statistics

202-691-6378

* Toll-free Number

How do I speak to a live person at NYS unemployment?

Press option 2 to speak to a representative at the Department of Labor Contact Center. Call our Telephone Claims Center toll-free at 888-209-8124. Listen to the first message about languages available, then press the number for your language.

How do I contact NYS Dept of Labor?

For any questions you may have call 888 - 4 - NYSDOL.

What number does NY unemployment call from?

Claims Center at 1-888-783-1370; however, if you use TTY/TDD, call a relay operator first at 1-800- 662-1220, and ask the operator to call the Telephone Claims Center at 1-888-783-1370. Call: Tel-Service at 1-888-581-5812. If you live outside of NYS, call 1-888-864-9920.