Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Melvin R. Lord, Appellant. John E. Sweeney, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-07-10
Citations: 241 A.D.2d 685
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Melvin R. Lord, Appellant. John E. Sweeney, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 241
Pages: 685–686

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Melvin R. Lord, Appellant. John E. Sweeney, as Commissioner of Labor, Respondent.
[663 NYS2d 1013]

Opinion:
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 4, 1996, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant's benefit rate should be reduced.
The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that Labor Law § 600 (7) (b) required a reduction in claimant's benefit rate reflecting his receipt of payments from an employer-funded pension fund. Claimant was also charged with a recoverable overpayment. We affirm. Substantial evidence supports the finding that claimant's pension fund was 100% funded by the employer, thereby triggering the statutory reduction in benefit payments (see, Matter of Chriscaden [Sweeney], 232 AD2d 803; Matter of Skinder [Sweeney], 226 AD2d 796).
Cardona, P. J., Mikoll, White, Peters and Spain, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.