In re the Claim of Kraft

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 19, 1998, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant’s request for a hearing was untimely.

Substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruling that claimant’s request for a hearing was untimely (see, Matter of McGee [Commissioner of Labor], 256 AD2d 710, Iv denied 93 NY2d 803). Claimant admitted that he received and read two determinations dated August 21, 1997 from the local unemployment insurance office informing him that, inter alia, he was ineligible to receive…