In re the Claim of Howe

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 4, 1991, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant admitted that when his family first moved from New York City to Florida in August 1990, he intended to visit them regularly once or twice every month. He also stated that the family moved there because of Florida’s "warm climate” and due to New York City’s "rising violence”. It was only when his request for a leave of absence to help with the…