Opinion
January 14, 1999.
Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.
By decision dated February 1, 1994, an Administrative Law Judge (hereinafter AU) ruled, inter alia, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits upon a finding that he voluntarily left his employment without good cause. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board affirmed a decision of an AU which denied claimant's application to reopen and reconsider the February 1, 1994 decision. Upon reconsideration, the Board adhered to its prior decision not to reopen the matter, prompting this appeal. We affirm. Absent an abuse of discretion, the Board's decision whether to reopen a previous decision will not be disturbed (see, Matter of Semiletov [Commissioner of Labor], 253 A.D.2d 931, 932; Matter of Martino [Sweeney], 239 A.D.2d 645). Having found no abuse of discretion on the part of the Board in rejecting claimant's application, its decision is, accordingly, affirmed.
Cardona, P. J., Mikoll, Peters, Spain and Carpinello, JJ. concur.
Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.