Opinion
June 12, 1997
Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.
Claimant was receiving unemployment insurance benefits after being laid off by his employer due to lack of work. Thereafter, the employer telephoned claimant and left messages informing him that work was available. When the employer spoke to claimant, claimant refused the work because he was waiting for an assignment from another company. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board subsequently ruled that claimant had refused an offer of suitable employment and disqualified him from receiving benefits. Based upon our review of the record, we conclude that substantial evidence supports the Board's finding that claimant refused suitable employment without good cause (see generally, Matter of Hibbard [Sweeney], 227 A.D.2d 698). Claimant's testimony that he never received any messages or telephone calls merely presented a credibility issue for the Board to resolve (see, Matter of Caillier [Hudacs], 194 A.D.2d 1025).
Mercure, J.P., Crew III, Casey, Yesawich Jr. and Carpinello, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.