See If You Are Owed Some of NY’s $10.5B in Unclaimed Funds at Events Statewide

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August 4, 2010

See If You Are Owed Some of NY’s $10.5B in
Unclaimed Funds at Events Statewide

New Yorkers can find out if they are owed some of the state’s $10.5 billion in unclaimed funds at events across the state in August, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today.

“New York has $10.5 billion in unclaimed fund accounts. We want to return this money to its rightful owners,” DiNapoli said. “The money belongs to New Yorkers. We want to give it back.”

Representatives from DiNapoli’s office will be on site at the events listed below to help New Yorkers find out if they are owed money. New Yorkers may also check for unclaimed funds at www.osc.state.ny.us or by calling toll free at 1-800-221-9311. Click here to read a fact sheet about the Office of Unclaimed Funds.

DATE	EVENT	LOCATION	COUNTY
Western Region
Aug. 11-22 10am-10pm	Erie County Fair	Erie County Fairgrounds Hamburg, NY	Erie
Aug. 17 9:30am-12:30pm	West Seneca Senior Center	4620 Seneca Street Buffalo, NY	Erie
Fingerlakes Region
Aug. 10-11 9am-5pm Aug. 12 9am-4pm	Empire Farm Days	Rodman Lott & Son Farm Seneca Falls, NY	Seneca
Central Region
Aug. 26-31 10am-10pm	NYS Fair	NYS Fairgrounds Syracuse, NY	Onondaga
Southern Tier
Aug. 6 3pm-9pm Aug. 7-8 10am-8pm	Spiediefest Balloon	Otsiningo Park Binghamton, NY	Broome
Capital Region
Aug. 7 12pm-6pm	African American Family Day	Empire Plaza Albany, NY	Albany
Aug. 21 2pm-8pm	Centro Civico	Guy Park Amsterdam, NY	Montgomery
Hudson Valley Region
Aug. 13 9am-12pm	The Village of Scarsdale Village Hall	1001 Post Road Scarsdale, NY	Westchester
Aug. 24-29 10am-10pm	Dutchess County Fair	Fairgrounds Rhinebeck, NY	Dutchess
Long Island
Aug. 19 10am-4pm	Sunken Meadows August Picnic	Sunken Meadows State Park, Kings Park, NY	Suffolk
NYC
Aug. 6 10:30am-12pm	Van Cortlandt Senior Center	3880 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, NY	Bronx
Aug. 7 11am-4pm	Asian Community United Society’s Annual Street Fair	59th Street btwn. 8th & 9th Avenues Brooklyn, NY	Kings
Aug. 20 11am-4pm	Spring Creek Gardens Health Expo	903 Drew Street Brooklyn, NY	Kings
Aug. 21 10am-4pm	Senator Eric Adams Annual Cradle to College Parent Empowerment	Prospect Heights High School Campus, 833 Classon Avenue Brooklyn, NY	Kings
Aug. 21 12pm-6pm	Assemblyman Peter Rivera’s Bronx Unity Day	1270 Pugsley Avenue Bronx, NY	Bronx

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