Opinion
2015-07-02
In the Matter of the Claim of Robert A. BENSON, Respondent. Mastroianni Bros., Inc., Appellant. Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, P.C., Albany (Scott C. Paton of counsel), for appellant. Bruce E. Knoll, Albany, for Robert A. Benson, respondent.
McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, P.C., Albany (Scott C. Paton of counsel), for appellant. Bruce E. Knoll, Albany, for Robert A. Benson, respondent.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York City (Steven Koton of counsel), for Commissioner of Labor, respondent.
Before: LAHTINEN, J.P., GARRY, LYNCH and CLARK, JJ.
LAHTINEN, J.P.
Appeals from two decisions of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 2, 2013, which ruled that Mastroianni Bros., Inc. was liable for additional unemployment insurance contributions on remuneration paid to claimant and others similarly situated.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is controlled by our decision in the companion case of Matter of Mastroianni Bros., Inc. (Commissioner of Labor), ––– A.D.3d ––––, ––– N.Y.S.3d ––––, 2015 WL 3999075 (2015) (decided herewith). Substantial evidence supports the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board's decisions that claimant, a driver/distributor for Mastroianni Bros., Inc., was an employee for purposes of unemployment insurance.
ORDERED that the decisions are affirmed, without costs.