In re the Claim of Romain

*870Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 1, 2003, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive additional unemployment insurance benefits under Labor Law § 599.

Labor Law § 599 provides for additional unemployment insurance benefits to a claimant attending an approved training course or program “clearly leading to the qualifications or skills for a specific occupation” (12 NYCRR 482.2 [b]). Claimant, while collecting regular unemployment insurance benefits following the loss of her employment under nondisqualifying circumstances, applied for…