Ruggilo v. Levine

Decision Date19 February 1976
Citation380 N.Y.S.2d 104,51 A.D.2d 838
PartiesClaim of Terry M. RUGGILO, Appellant, v. Louis L. LEVINE, as Industrial Commissioner, Respondent.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Terry M. Ruggilo, pro se.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. (Mitchell H. Cobert, New York City, of counsel), for respondent.

Before GREENBLOTT, J.P., and MAIN, LARKIN, HERLIHY and REYNOLDS, JJ.

MEMORANDUM DECISION.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 16, 1975, which affirmed the decision of the Referee sustaining an initial determination of the Industrial Commissioner disqualifying claimant from receiving benefits effective April 11, 1975 because, without good cause, she refused employment for which she was reasonably fitted by training and experience.

Claimant was classified and worked as an executive secretary in her previous employment earning $12,500 a year. Claimant refused employment in a position calling for an executive secretary with five plus years of experience at a salary of $12,000 per year at 40 Wall Street because she claimed it was too far from her residence in Queens and was not a position for which she was reasonably fitted by training and experience. The board's decision is supported by substantial evidence and must be sustained. The question of whether a...

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