Do You Have Unclaimed Money Waiting For You? Find Out Here
Staff from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office will attend community events this month to help residents search for lost and forgotten money, also known as unclaimed funds. DiNapoli oversees more than 40 million unclaimed funds accounts valued at $16 billion until the money can be returned to its rightful owners.
“I encourage everyone to come out and search for money that may be waiting for them,” DiNapoli said. “We return more than $1.5 million a day to residents across the state, but we want to do more. It’s your money, we want to give it back.”
The billions in unclaimed funds come from old bank accounts, utility deposits, uncashed checks, insurance claims, stocks and other sources that have been dormant for a number of years. Some accounts hold money that has been lost and forgotten since the 1940s.
Residents who cannot make it to the events can search for and claim their money by using the online claiming system or by calling 1-800-221-9311.
View a map of unclaimed funds owed to New Yorkers by county and region. Learn more about Unclaimed Funds.
Capital Region
Aug. 3
2pm – 7pm
Black Arts & Cultural Festival
Empire State Plaza
270 State Street
Albany County
Central NY
Aug. 21-31
10am – 10pm
The Great New York State Fair
581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse
Onondaga
Finger Lakes Region
Aug.
3-4
10am – 5pm
Park Avenue Summer Festival
Park Avenue
(near Alexander Street),
Rochester
Monroe County
Hudson Valley Region
Aug. 20-25
10am – 10pm
Dutchess County Fair
6636 Route 9
Rhinebeck
Dutchess County
Aug. 28
10am – 2pm
Senior Carlucci’s Senior Fair
SUNY Rockland Fieldhouse, 145 College Road
Suffern
Niagara Region
Aug. 7
12pm – 10pm
Aug. 8-18
10am – 10pm
Erie County Fair
5600 McKinley Parkway, Hamburg
Erie County
New York City
Aug. 3
11am – 3pm
SUNY College of Optometry
Health & Wellness Expo
33 West 42nd Street
New York County
Aug. 7
9am – 3pm
Councilman Perkins and Assemblyman Benjamin’s Veteran’s Resource Fair
163 West 125th Street
New York County
Aug. 12
9am – 5pm
Unclaimed Funds Event hosted by Carver Federal Savings Bank and Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza
Carver Bank
1392 Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Kings County