Opinion
May 7, 1998
Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.
Claimant left her employment to move to Puerto Rico where she could be near her ailing father. The Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board ruled that claimants reason for leaving her employment was personal and noncompelling, disqualifying her from the receipt of benefits. We affirm. Although claimant stated that her fathers health concerns required her to move, the record discloses that claimant provided no medical care for him and that in the event he should require assistance, claimants siblings already lived nearby. As no proof was presented to show that claimants relocation was medically necessary for her fathers well-being ( see, Matter of Economy [Sweeney], 232 A.D.2d 799), we conclude that substantial evidence supports the ruling that claimant left her employment without good cause ( see, Matter of Perrotta [Hudacs], 207 A.D.2d 934).
Mikoll, J.P., Mercure, White, Spain and Graffeo, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.