MATTER OF COHEN


260 A.D.2d 880 (1999)

690 N.Y.S.2d 280

In the Matter of the Claim of CRAIG A. COHEN, Respondent. PARTYMASTER PRODUCTIONS, INC., Appellant; COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent. (And Another Related Claim.)

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

Decided April 22, 1999.


Partymaster Productions, Inc. operates a business providing disc jockeys and other entertainers for nightclubs and catered functions. When claimant, a disc jockey, approached Partymaster for an assignment, Partymaster's president, Perry Gips, met with claimant and listened to an audiotape of his work. Gips would not discuss salary with claimant until "after [he] saw what kind of talent [claimant] had". Claimant thereafter received a steady assignment to work weekend nights...

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