In re the Claim of Roma

—Graffeo, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 28, 1998, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decisions ruling, inter alia, that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board determined that claimant, who worked as an electrical wire installer for his brother’s contracting business, was not totally unemployed during the three separate periods he received unemployment insurance benefits. During the relevant periods, claimant’s brother issued…