In re the Claim of Battista

*1152Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 20, 2006, which, among other things, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not available for employment.

Claimant, who has a civil engineering degree, worked as a per diem substitute teacher for the Rochester City School District during the 2004-2005 academic year. His last day of work was on May 20, 2005. He obtained a job working for a disaster relief company and, when that job ended in September 2005, he applied for and received unemployment insurance…