In re the Claim of Galindo

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 30, 2012, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was unable to file a valid original claim.

Claimant began working as an office assistant for the City University of New York (hereinafter CUNY) in August 2005. In September 2006, claimant began taking classes at a community college affiliated with CUNY and continued working full time for CUNY, thereby obtaining a tuition fee waiver. In August 2010, at the time claimant earned her degree, her employment with…