{"id":344111,"date":"2026-09-11T16:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344111\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:36:52","slug":"news-12-bronx-state-comptrollers-office-encourages-new-yorkers-to-check-for-unclaimed-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344111\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | State Comptrollers Office Encourages New Yorkers To Check For Unclaimed Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The New York State Comptroller\u2019s Office is encouraging locals to check for unclaimed funds this month.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Brooklyn has some of the most unclaimed money, which is currently over $1.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials say Brooklyn has more than $537 million, while Westchester has more than $480 million.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The money can come from old bank accounts, uncashed checks, utility deposits, trust funds or even unused gift cards.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">New York State Comptroller\u2019s Office of Unclaimed Funds returns an average of over $2 million in lost money each day.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Community events to provide assistance to New Yorkers are being held across the state this month.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Residents can also use the <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osc.ny.gov\/unclaimed-funds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online claiming system<\/a> of call 1-800-221-9311.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York State Comptroller\u2019s Office is encouraging locals to check for unclaimed funds this month. Brooklyn has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-344111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}