they will find a way to get it from u.
No. If you are truly retiring you cannot continue to collect unemployment because you are required to be able, willing, and ready to accept full time employment which you are supposed to be seeking.
Most states require you to work full time 32-40 hours per week for six months. Then, you can have unemployment checks. You need to phone your unemployment agency and find out what the qualifications are, in your area.
All banks have different policies and different accounts. Most banks will have a hold time on a check for a large amount.
You can draw from the various retirement plans and unemployment, but if you mean you're going to retire, that would violate the conditions of having to constantly seek full time employment and would make you ineligible.
This is not a legal opinion, but in order to receive unemployment benefit checks you must be in compliance with the terms of receiving them... including continuously seeking full time employment, which you obviously cannot do while incarcerated. To receive said payment constitutes unemployment fraud
It's not a matter of whether you work as a consultant but whether you meet all the tests for eligibility of unemployment benefits. Part time work may be permissible, depending on earnings versus benefits, etc.
if on nys unemployment, if sick, should you say no work that week and say workman's comp?
Frictional unemployment
It would serve no purpose. To remain eligible for benefits you have to be actively searching for full time work and reporting your progress by giving the names, addresses, dates and times of interviews, etc. to the state office, which couldn't be done out of state without disclosing where you are.
To prevent depositing the same check twice, make sure to keep track of which checks you have already deposited. You can do this by marking the check as "deposited" or keeping a record of all your deposits. Additionally, consider using mobile banking apps or online banking services to track your deposits in real-time.
If you haven't already, apply for Florida's unemployment program which will pay you unemployment insurance on top of your disability. They are at: www.floridajobs.org/Unemployment/.