In re the Claim of Jeanty

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 22, 2009, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he received a reasonable assurance of continued employment.

Claimant was employed as a pier diem substitute teacher by the New York City Department of Education during the 2007-2008 school year, during which he worked 123 days. In June 2008, the Department sent claimant a letter assuring him of continued employment as a per diem substitute teacher during the 2008-2009 school year, with the expectation that there…