In re the Claim of Reitman

Appeal by the claimant from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board determining that claimant was ineligible for benefits effective May 16, 1966 for lack of total unemployment (Labor Law, § 522). Claimant, a butcher with 35 years experience, was associated with the employer, a meat packaging enterprise from its inception in 1962 until May 10, 1966 when the business “temporarily” suspended operation due to a fire which destroyed the premises on which the business was located. The record reveals that claimant’s wife, who worked full time for the Board of Education, was the sole…