In re the Claim of Caronna

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 23, 1996, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he did not comply with the reporting requirements.

Claimant was given the “privilege” (12 NYCRR 473.2 [b]) of using a touch-tone telephone to certify his continued eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits rather than being *652required to personally appear each week at the unemployment insurance office. To this end, he was given a confidential personal identification, number to serve as his…