Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 14, 2010 (In re the Claim of Lewis)

By initial determination mailed on June 18, 2008, the Department of Labor found that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed. In addition, the Department found that he had been overpaid $171 and that he had made false statements in order to obtain benefits and, therefore, reduced his right to receive further benefits by 16 days.