Opinion
April 22, 1976
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 7, 1975, which affirmed the decision of a referee sustaining the initial determination of the Industrial Commissioner holding claimant ineligible to receive benefits upon the ground she was unavailable for employment. Availability for employment is a question of fact for resolution by the board and if its findings thereon are supported by substantial evidence the determination must be sustained (Matter of Viscardi [Levine], 50 A.D.2d 703). The same rule applies in reviewing the issue of whether a claimant's efforts to secure employment satisfy the statutory requirements (Matter of Katz [Levine], 51 A.D.2d 613). The record contains substantial evidence supporting the board's determination and, accordingly, we must affirm it. Decision affirmed, without costs. Kane, J.P., Mahoney, Main, Larkin and Herlihy, JJ., concur.