In re the Claim of Gartz

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 15, 2009, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was unable to file a valid original claim pursuant to Labor Law § 527.

Claimant was laid off from his employment in October 2006 and performed no services for the employer thereafter, but was *1164entitled to a full year of pay under the terms of the layoff regardless of whether he obtained new employment. His November 2008 application for unemployment insurance benefits was denied on the ground that he had not…