In re the Claim of Babcock

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 7, 2011, which, among other things, charged claimant with a recoverable overpayment of emergency unemployment compensation benefits.

The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that Labor Law § 600 (7) required a reduction in claimant’s benefit rate following his receipt of payments from his union pension. Claimant was further charged with a recoverable overpayment of $8,439 in federally funded emergency unemployment compensation benefits, and the Board rejected his application for a waiver of repayment (see…