In re the Claim of Peabody

—Yesawich Jr., J.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 9, 1998, which ruled that claimant was not entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

As part of the comprehensive reform of the Workers’ Compensation Law and other related statutes in 1996, Labor Law § 591 (5) was added to limit the amount of unemployment insurance benefits paid to a claimant who is receiving workers’ compensation benefits (see, L 1996, ch 635, § 43). Pursuant to this limitation, the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board concluded that claimant, who was injured in 1995…