Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1975

In re the Claim of Jaschek

In re the Claim of Jaschek
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 23, 1975
50 A.D.2d 1028; 376 N.Y.S.2d 707; 1975 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12024
In re the Claim of Jaschek

Opinion of the Court

— Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 17, 1975, which affirmed a decision of the referee sustaining the initial determination of the Industrial Commissioner holding claimant ineligible to receive benefits on the ground he was not available for employment. Claimant, a bartender, age 69, last worked May 31, 1974. He thereafter moved to a remote rural area in which he owned 25% of an apartment complex. He intended to move to Florida where he had worked each winter for some 22 years. He testified that he would travel a distance of 10 miles from his home for a job, but he would not take a job in Monticello, which was 20 miles away. The board found that such a restriction removed claimant from the labor market and that any efforts claimant might make prior to the date he moved to Florida would be merely for the purpose of qualifying for unemployment insurance benefits. There is substantial evidence in the record to sustain the board’s determination and we should not disturb it. Decision affirmed, without costs. Herlihy, P. J., Sweeney, Koreman, Larkin and Reynolds, JJ., concur.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.