In re the Claim of George

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 5, 2012, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was unable to file a valid original claim.

*1290Claimant stopped working in June 2007. He did not file an original claim for unemployment insurance benefits until August 2011. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board found claimant to be ineligible to receive benefits on the basis that he did not meet the earnings requirements for filing a valid original claim pursuant to Labor Law § 527. Claimant appeals.

We affirm.…