In re the Claim of Conroy

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 20, 2005, which, upon reconsideration, inter alia, charged claimant with a recoverable overpayment of unemployment insurance benefits.

Claimant elected to retire from his job rather than transfer after his employer discontinued its airline operation in the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, due to economic difficulties. He filed an unemployment insurance claim effective November 18, 2002 and began receiving benefits. Thereafter, he submitted the paperwork necessary to collect a pension from his employer, which…