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IN THE MATTER OF PAGAN

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2008 NY Slip Op 06414

IN THE MATTER OF THE CLAIM OF JUAN PAGAN, Appellant. and COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided and Entered: July 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mirkin & Gordon, P.C., Great Neck (Matthew A. Steele of counsel), for appellant.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York City (Linda D. Joseph of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Mercure, J.P., Spain, Rose, Kane and Kavanagh, JJ.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

In 2006, claimant was employed as a community coordinator for the New York City Housing Authority when he accepted a designation as a Democratic Party candidate for the State Assembly. His employment was subsequently terminated for violating a written policy of the employer prohibiting running for political office in a partisan election. It is well settled that "[v]iolation of an employer's reasonable policies may constitute disqualifying misconduct...

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