Matter of Valvo (Commr. of Labor)

Appeals from two decisions of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 1, 2015, which ruled, among other things, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits because he lost his employment as the result of an act constituting a felony in connection with such employment.

Claimant began working as a probationary sanitation worker for the municipal employer in October 2011. Following his arrest on charges of grand larceny in the third degree and scheme to defraud in the second degree, his employment was terminated on February 28, 2013 based upon his disciplinary…