In re Lewis

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 21, 2012, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits for portions of the benefit period.

Claimant was laid off from his part-time position with the New York City Civil Court effective June 1, 2011. At that time, he was the principal of a business, known as Hatch Ventures LLC, which he incorporated in 2007 for the purpose of developing new product ideas for eventual manufacture and sale to customers. Claimant operated this business out of his home at various times during the…