Matter of Shamilov (Commissioner of Labor)

Matter of Shamilov (Commissioner of Labor) 2009 NY Slip Op 09113 [68 AD3d 1293] December 10, 2009 Appellate Division, Third Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, February 10, 2010

In the Matter of the Claim of Benjamin Shamilov, Appellant. Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.

—[*1] Benjamin Shamilov, New York City, appellant pro se.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York City (Gary Leibowitz of counsel), for respondent.

Spain, J. Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 23, 2008, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive emergency unemployment compensation benefits.

Claimant applied for unemployment insurance benefits in 2006 and the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board determined that he had voluntarily left his employment without good cause and was not entitled to benefits. He thereafter applied for emergency unemployment compensation (hereinafter EUC) benefits created by the Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill of 2008 (see Pub L 110-252, 122 US Stat 2323). Following a hearing, an Administrative Law Judge determined that claimant was disqualified from receiving EUC benefits. The Board agreed and claimant appeals.

We affirm. Initially, claimant asserts that the Board's 2006 determination was incorrect, but he did not appeal from that determination and any such issues cannot "be relitigated anew in another proceeding" (Matter of Flores [Roberts], 101 AD2d 671, 672 [1984]; see Labor Law § 623; Matter of LTI, Inc. [Commissioner of Labor], 57 AD3d 1067, 1068 [2008]). Thus, the sole issue before us is whether the Board properly rejected his claim for EUC benefits. As is relevant here, "the terms and conditions of the State law which apply to claims for regular compensation and to the payment thereof shall apply to claims for [EUC benefits] and the payment thereof" (Pub L 110-252, tit IV, § 4001 [d] [2], 122 US Stat 2323, 2354). The Board's 2006 determination that claimant had voluntarily left his [*2]employment without good cause disqualified him from receiving unemployment insurance benefits unless he could demonstrate that he had subsequently returned to work and met threshold earnings requirements (see Labor Law § 591 [1]; § 593 [1] [a]; Matter of Rose [Commissioner of Labor], 19 AD3d 752, 753 [2005]). Claimant admitted that he has not worked since he applied for benefits in 2006, and substantial evidence accordingly supports the Board's determination that he is ineligible to receive EUC benefits (see Matter of Turner [Beeper People—Commissioner of Labor], 16 AD3d 885, 886 [2005]).

Cardona, P.J., Mercure, Lahtinen and Kane, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.