Matter of Greene (Commr. of Labor)

I respectfully dissent. Contrary to the majority’s view, claimant’s employment relationship with the Syracuse Society for New Music, Inc. (hereinafter SNM) cannot be analogized to someone who is hired to paint a building red. The analysis in each scenario is fundamentally different. If claimant were a house painter, her status would be determined by the alleged employer’s exercise of “control over the results produced or the means used to achieve the results, with control over the means being the more important factor” (Matter of McAlevey [Agewell Physical Therapy & Wellness,…