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Matter of the Claim of Munns

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 6, 2000
271 A.D.2d 740 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

April 6, 2000.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 6, 1999, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant's request for a hearing was untimely.

Darryl William Munns, Piscataway, New Jersey, appellant in person.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney-General (Norman Uris of counsel), New York City, for respondent.

BEFORE: MERCURE, J.P., PETERS, CARPINELLO, GRAFFEO AND MUGGLIN, JJ.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

By two initial determinations, both dated and mailed on September 27, 1996, claimant was informed that he was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed and was charged with a recoverable overpayment of $7,800. Claimant admitted receiving the determinations in 1996 and was aware that he had 30 days to request a hearing. Nevertheless, he testified that he did not do so until September 29, 1998 because he "was out working again". Inasmuch as claimant did not provide a reasonable excuse for failing to request a hearing within the 30-day statutory time period provided by Labor Law § 620 Lab. (1) (a), we find no reason to disturb the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that claimant's request for a hearing was untimely (see, Matter of Mostafa [Commissioner of Labor], 265 A.D.2d 793, 697 N.Y.S.2d 205; Matter of McGee [Commissioner of Labor], 256 A.D.2d 710, lv denied 93 N.Y.2d 803). Given this conclusion, there is no basis for this court to consider the underlying merits as requested by claimant.

ORDERED that the decision is affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Matter of the Claim of Munns

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 6, 2000
271 A.D.2d 740 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Matter of the Claim of Munns

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF THE CLAIM OF DARRYL W. MUNNS, APPELLANT. COMMISSIONER OF…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Apr 6, 2000

Citations

271 A.D.2d 740 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
705 N.Y.S.2d 726