MATTER OF BROWN

517074

115 A.D.3d 1108 (2014)

982 N.Y.S.2d 200

2014 NY Slip Op 1805

In the Matter of the Claim of JAMES R. BROWN Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

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

Decided March 20, 2014.


Claimant, a civilian carpenter working at a state correctional facility, was discharged from his employment after he was arrested for attempting to smuggle contraband, hidden in his lunch pail, into the facility. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board found, among other things, that claimant engaged in disqualifying misconduct and made willful false statements to obtain benefits, and, therefore, reduced his right to receive future...

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