In re the Claim of Clarridge

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 26, 2000, which ruled, inter alia, that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

Substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board finding that claimant was not totally unemployed during the period in question and he made willful false statements to obtain benefits (see, Matter of Roland [Sweeney], 239 AD2d 694; Matter of Leban [Sweeney], 233 AD2d 738, lv denied 89 NY2d 811). The record establishes that claimant,…