In re the Claim of Zegarelli

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 22, 1996, which ruled, inter alia, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was suspended from his employment as a police officer as a result of being convicted upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the third degree. Substantial evidence supports the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board’s decision that claimant’s criminal conviction constitutes disqualifying…