In re the Claim of Licciardello

Mercure, J. Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 16, 1997, which, inter alia, reduced claimant’s weekly unemployment insurance benefit rate.

After leaving her job as a teacher employed by the New York City Board of Education, claimant began to receive payments from her pension fund at the rate of $250 per week. In addition, claimant received unemployment insurance benefits at the rate of $300 per week. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board subsequently ruled that claimant’s benefit rate was subject to reduction by the amount of 50% of her pension…