In re the Claim of Townes

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 9, 2012, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she failed to file a valid original claim.

Claimant held the nontenured position of Deputy Commissioner for Regional Affairs in the Executive Department of the Division of Human Rights from November 2008 until September 2011. She was appointed to this position by the Governor. After *990her appointment ended, she applied for unemployment insurance benefits. The Department of Labor issued an initial determination denying…