MATTER OF POWERS


227 A.D.2d 788 (1996)

642 N.Y.S.2d 383

In the Matter of the Claim of Lillian Powers, Appellant. John E. Sweeney, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

May 9, 1996


Claimant left her job as a sales clerk at a retail store to move to Connecticut where she found lower-cost housing. After a hearing, the Board denied her application for unemployment insurance benefits on the basis that she voluntarily left her employment without good cause. Claimant appeals, arguing, inter alia, that she left her job out of financial necessity and due to her and her husband's health. Although claimant testified that she could not afford a $50 per...

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