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NEWS from the Office of the New York State Comptroller
Contact: Press Office 518-474-4015

Do We have Your Money? $230 Million Returned to New York State Residents This Year

A Million Dollars in Lost Money Returned Every Day

July 2, 2015

Staff from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office will attend community events around the state this month to help residents search for lost and forgotten money, also known as unclaimed funds. DiNapoli oversees 33 million unclaimed funds accounts until the money can be returned to its rightful owners.

“I encourage everyone to come out to the community events to search for money that may be waiting for you,” DiNapoli said. “We return more than a million dollars a day to residents across the state, but we want to do more. It’s your money, we want to give it back.”

Unclaimed funds is more than $14 billion in lost and forgotten money dating back to the 1940s. The money comes from old bank accounts, utility deposits, uncashed checks, insurance claims, stocks and other sources that have been dormant for a number of years.

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.

Date Event Location County
Southern Tier Region
July 13-18
10:00am-10:00pm
Allegany County Fair 15 North Street
Angelica, New York
Allegany
Finger Lakes Region
July 11
10:00am-6:00pm
July 12
10:00am-5:00pm
Corn Hill Arts Festival 11 Atkinson Street
Rochester, New York
Monroe
Central New York
July 10
12:00pm-7:00pm
July 11
8:00am-4:30pm
Boilermaker Health & Fitness Expo Mohawk Valley Community College
1101 Sherman Drive
Utica, New York
Oneida
Western New York
July 18
10:00am-6:00pm
July 19
10:00am-5:30pm
Oatka Festival Trigon Park
Wolcott Street
Leroy, New York
Genesee
Adirondack Mountains
July 24
5:00pm-11:00pm
July 25
11:00am-11:00pm
July 26
11:00am-5:00pm
Great American Irish Festival Herkimer County Fairgrounds
198 Cemetery Street
Frankfort, New York