In re the Claim of Cooper

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 22, 2002, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as a field representative secretary for the employer at a college in the Bronx. As part of the employer’s reorganization effort, which included assessing work load requirements and the closure of claimant’s existing work site, claimant was notified that she was being reassigned to another site in Manhattan. Claimant refused to relocate…