In re the Claim of Pastore

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 21, 2003, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was not available for employment.

A claimant must be ready, willing and able to work in his or her usual employment in order to be eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits (see Labor Law § 591 [2]), and this Court has held that a lack of child care arrangements for a particular time period can render a claimant unavailable for work (see Matter of McCarthy [Sweeney], 213 AD2d 912 [1995]). When this…