In Re the Claim of Valvo

OPINION OF THE COURT

Wachtler, J.

In these three cases recipients of unemployment insurance failed to report that they had performed occasional services of a business nature for friends or family members during periods of claimed unemployment. The agency found that these services constituted employment, that claimants had therefore made false statements of unemployment and that the statements were wilfully made. In each case a penalty was imposed and the claimants were also directed to repay the benefits received.

On three separate appeals the Appellate Division, Third Department, modified by…