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Matter of Barresi

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 3, 1998
256 A.D.2d 667 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

December 3, 1998

Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.


We are unpersuaded by claimant's contention that the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board failed to comply with this Court's previous decision remitting the matter for the Board to undertake an independent assessment of whether claimant, a Deputy Sheriff Sergeant, was entitled to unemployment insurance benefits after being discharged for carelessly safekeeping his personally owned firearm (see, Matter of Barresi [Sweeney], 232 A.D.2d 714). Upon reconsideration of the facts after remittal, the Board, bound by the factual findings of a Civil Service Law § 75 hearing, concluded that claimant's conduct was contrary to the employer's interests and that he was disqualified from receiving benefits. The Board therefore drew its own conclusions as to whether claimant's behavior amounted to misconduct for the purpose of unemployment insurance benefits. Furthermore, inasmuch as claimant's carelessness in misplacing his personal firearm for nearly a year bore materially on claimant's fitness for his position as a Sheriff's Deputy, substantial evidence supports the Board's finding that claimant's action amounted to disqualifying misconduct (see, e.g., Matter of Punter [Ross], 43 N.Y.2d 743, 744; Matter of Delisa [Hartnett], 179 A.D.2d 917, 918). Claimant's remaining contentions, including his assertion that the Board was required to hold a new hearing, have been reviewed and found to be without merit.

Cardona, P. J., Mikoll, Yesawich Jr., Peters and Carpinello, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Matter of Barresi

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 3, 1998
256 A.D.2d 667 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Matter of Barresi

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of PHILIP R. BARRESI, Appellant. COMMISSIONER…

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

Date published: Dec 3, 1998

Citations

256 A.D.2d 667 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
681 N.Y.S.2d 158

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