In re the Claim of McEwen

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 20, 1996, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was not totally unemployed.

Substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruling that claimant was not totally unemployed during the period she was receiving unemployment insurance benefits (see, Matter of Eisenbeil [Hudacs], 187 AD2d 871). Claimant was vice-president and 50% shareholder in an acrylic photograph sculpting business in which she had invested…