In re the Claim of Harewood

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 28, 1997, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Following an arbitration hearing pursuant to Civil Service Law § 75, claimant was discharged from his employment as a bus operator for the New York City Transit Authority due to misconduct. The arbitrator found that claimant’s assault on a passenger in retaliation for the passenger swatting him on the head with informational pamphlets constituted unacceptable *935con…