In re the Claim of Anastasio

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 6, 1996, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits for failure to file a valid original claim.

Claimant was employed by a Methodist church as the director of its preschool, overseeing the staff and planning the curriculum. After her employment ended, claimant was found to be ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to Labor Law § 563 (2) (c), which provides an exclusion from benefits for any “person employed at a place of religious worship * * * for the…