In re the Claim of Spielman

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 8, 2006, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was not totally unemployed.

Claimant is the president of a closely held corporation that she established in 1983 for the purpose of operating a women’s retail store on Madison Avenue in New York City. In April 2005, the landlord of the building in which the store was located refused to renew the monthly lease and ordered claimant to vacate the premises by the end of May 2005. After retaining an *622attorney, claimant…