In re the Claim of Clese

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 14, 2003, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits under the temporary extended unemployment compensation program for displaced airline-related workers.

Claimant worked as an investment banker in the municipal bonds department of a securities firm serving several domestic airport authorities. As part of her job duties, claimant sold revenue bonds to investors, whose financial contributions were used to fund airport-related capital improvements, including the…