In re Cody

Mugglin, J. Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 10, 2006, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

In March 2004, claimant, a tenured guidance counselor employed by the New York City Department of Education, was charged with 42 specifications of misconduct for actions she committed during the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 school years. Following a hearing pursuant to Education Law § 3020-a, at which she was found guilty of 38 specifications of conduct…