In re the Claim of Newell

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 27, 2003, which ruled that claimant was eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because she was not employed in a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position within the meaning of Labor Law § 565 (2) (e).

In 1998, claimant was appointed Acting Commissioner of Drug and Alcohol Addiction for Nassau County (hereinafter the employer). In 2000, the County Legislature confirmed her appointment as Commissioner. After claimant stopped working in that capacity in December 2001, she applied for…