In re the Claim of Allen

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 5, 2003, which ruled that claimant was in*952eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not available for employment.

To be eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits, a claimant must be ready, willing and able to work in his or her usual employment (see Labor Law § 591 [2]). Claimant asserted at the time that he filed for unemployment insurance benefits and at the hearing that he was unable to return to work as a correction officer due to his current medical condition of depression and…