Matter of Amoia (Commr. of Labor)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 17, 2015, which, among other things, denied claimant’s application to reopen a prior decision.

Claimant requested a hearing with respect to initial determinations issued by the Department of Labor finding, among other things, that he was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits in 2003. The hearing was scheduled for May 9, 2014. Prior to the hearing, claimant requested an adjournment because he had to take his wife to a medical appointment and needed more time to obtain legal representation. He was…