MATTER OF OQUENDO


20 A.D.3d 854 (2005)

800 N.Y.S.2d 460

In the Matter of the Claim of WILLIAM OQUENDO, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

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

July 28, 2005.


Claimant was employed as a carpenter by a cabinet making company. He resigned from his position and decided to move to Florida because he felt that he could no longer afford to live in New York. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that he was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause. Claimant appeals.

We affirm. Claimant testified that his living expenses, particularly housing...

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