In re the Claim of Le Porte

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 25, 1987.

Claimant was employed as 1 of 4 assistant executive directors in New York City’s Financial Information Services Agency (hereinafter FISA) until he was discharged in mid-February 1986. Claimant subsequently applied for unemployment insurance benefits and the local office ruled that claimant was ineligible for benefits based on Labor Law § 565 (2) (e), which provides that benefits are not payable to persons who provide services for a governmental entity "in a major nontenured policymaking or advisory…