In re the Claim of Cestaro

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 15, 1991, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was not totally unemployed.

Given the activities claimant engaged in for her husband’s business, which included a substantial amount of checkwriting, the conclusion by the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that she was not totally unemployed is supported by substantial evidence (see, Matter of Gonyo [Roberts], 124 AD2d 884). Consequently, the unemployment insurance benefits she received were…