By initial determination dated September 9, 2003, claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits on the ground that he voluntarily left his employment without good cause and was assessed a recoverable overpayment of benefits upon a finding that he made a willful false statement for the purpose of obtaining benefits. In November 2003, he requested a hearing. Upon finding that claimant's request for a hearing was untimely, an Administrative Law Judge upheld the initial determination. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board affirmed this decision, resulting in this appeal.
A claimant who is dissatisfied with an initial determination has a right to a hearing, provided that the request is made within 30 days of the date on which the initial determination was mailed ( see Labor Law § 620 [a]; Matter of Jarrett [Commissioner of Labor], 13 AD3d 965, 965; Matter of Brown [Commissioner of Labor], 4 AD3d 604, 604). Here, claimant acknowledged that he had received the initial determination a few days after it was mailed and admitted that he did not mail his request for a hearing until November 2003. Although claimant alleged that he suffers from a social phobia that precluded him from making his request within the 30-day period, we find no reason to disturb the determination that claimant's contention was not sufficiently supported by the evidence in the record ( see Matter of Jarrett [Commissioner of Labor], supra at 965; Matter of Brown [Commissioner of Labor], supra at 604).
Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.