$113 Million Still Unclaimed In Staten Island— Here’s How To Claim Them!

The Staten Island has an unclaimed funds worth $113 million from the state of New York. These funds belong to the residents of Staten Island and can be claimed any time.

Every U.S. state has an office that keeps record and issues disbursements of unclaimed funds. For instance, the state comptroller for New York, Thomas DiNapoli, currently holds unclaimed funds worth $17.5 billion. As a matter of fact, around $113 million of those unclaimed funds belong to the residents of Staten Island.

According to Milam-Samuel, the unclaimed funds had come from different sources. The unclaimed funds may have come from legal settlements, insurance money, or even forgotten bank accounts. Most people are not aware that they could possibly be paid with these funds. For instance, there are some people who did not receive notices from the banks or other institutions because they have changed addresses.

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How to Claim Staten Island’s Unclaimed Funds

According to Wrobleski, because of the amount of the unclaimed funds that the New York state comptroller holds, DiNapoli assigns an entire office dedicated to finding and returning the money to those owed. DiNapoli’s office intends to return the funds to as many people as possible because the money is rightfully theirs.

To date, the office has already returned more than $59 million of the unclaimed funds this 2023. One can visit the website of the Office of the New York State Comptroller to check if they are owed with the unclaimed funds. In the website, they must click the “Search Now” button and search the database with the last name or the name of the organization if a part of a business.

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