In re the Claim of Kriegsman

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 18, 1997, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive additional unemployment insurance benefits under Labor Law § 599.

*946Claimant, a New Jersey resident, was employed in this State until mid-May 1995, after which he collected unemployment insurance benefits. In October 1995, claimant was accepted in a vocational training program sponsored by the New Jersey Division of Employment and Training, which was scheduled to commence in June 1996. Claimant did not, however, give notice of his intended…