Opinion
May 13, 1999
Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.
Claimant was discharged from his employment after the employer discovered that claimant had failed to disclose on his employment application that he had been convicted of a felony. The employment application specifically stated that, if hired, any falsification or omission of information could lead to dismissal. Notwithstanding claimant's reasons for doing so, we find that substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that claimant was disqualified from receiving benefits due to misconduct, given that claimant deliberately omitted the information from the employment application ( see, Matter of Jarvis [Sweeney], 228 A.D.2d 846).
Cardona, P. J., Mikoll, Mercure, Spain and Carpinello, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.