Hunter v. New York City Board of Education

— Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the New York City Board of Education, dated April 18, 1990, which declined to accept the findings and recommendations of an Administrative Law Judge and instead found the petitioner guilty of excessive absenteeism and imposed upon him a penalty of 30-days suspension without pay.

Adjudged that the determination is confirmed and the proceeding is dismissed, on the merits, with costs.

We find that there was substantial evidence in the record to support the Board’s finding of fact that the petitioner, who was absent from work on…