Claim of Mareno v. Roberts

Harvey, J. Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 22, 1984, which ruled that claimant’s benefit rate be reduced to zero pursuant to the provisions of Labor Law § 600 (7) and charged him with a recoverable overpayment of benefits.

Claimant, an attorney formerly employed by the Federal judicial system, was involuntarily retired in February 1983. He then filed a claim for unemployment benefits which was effective February 21, 1983. The claim was allowed and unemployment benefits were paid at the rate of $125 a week beginning with February 21, 1983.

He also…