In re the Claim of Bonilla

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 12, 1995, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant was employed as a postal worker until December 1994 when he was arrested on the George Washington Bridge by New York City police officers after threatening to commit suicide by jumping into the river. When claimant sought to return to his job, he was required to release his medical records for review by a psychiatrist who would evaluate claimant’s…