In re the Claim of De Prima

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 26, 1998, which denied claimant’s application to reopen and reconsider a prior decision of the Board.

Whether to grant an application to reopen a decision is within the discretion of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board and, absent an abuse of that discretion, the Board’s decision will not be disturbed (see, Matter of Trincere [Sweeney], 235 AD2d 904). Here, claimant has failed to demonstrate any abuse of discretion on the part of the Board in denying his application to reopen and reconsider its decision of…