Cuevas v. Americorps

Spain, J. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 7, 2003, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant’s workers’ compensation claim was not preempted by federal law.

The Red Hook Public Safety Corps is a joint project of the Fund for the City of New York, Inc. (hereinafter FCNY), the Kings County District Attorney’s office and Victim Services organized and funded under the Federal Americorps program to accomplish community service work in and around the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn. In 1997, claimant was hired through Victim Services to work three days a week in…