Citation Numbers: 34 A.D.2d 590
Judges: Greenblott
Filed Date: 3/9/1970
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 1/12/2022
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 2, 1970, holding claimant ineligible for benefits effective April 25 through June 19, 1966 on the ground he failed to comply with registration requirements. Appellant was employed as a routeman by a newspaper which ceased publication. Although his work terminated about May 10, 1966, he did not file a claim for benefits until the week beginning June 20, 1966. He contended that he did not file his claim for benefits sooner because he was advised by a clerk in the insurance office that there was a seven-week waiting period and he was not offered an application to file. Credibility of the witnesses is within the exclusive province of the board (Matter of Sehonwald [Catherwood], 25 A D 2d 461). Whether appellant’s failure to file a claim was due to misinformation supplied by representatives of the Industrial Commissioner is a factual question, also within the exclusive province of the board (Matter■ off.