Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2008

Choudhri v. New York City Department of Education

Choudhri v. New York City Department of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 6, 2008
49 A.D.3d 299; 852 N.Y.2d 133
Choudhri v. New York City Department of Education

Opinion of the Court

There was substantial evidence in the record to support the *300charges of misconduct based upon petitioner’s undisputed acts of insubordination relating to his excessive use of the Internet for nonbusiness reasons. Given that evidence, combined with petitioner’s many disruptive absences, late arrivals, and early departures, the determination to terminate petitioner’s employment was not so disproportionate as to shock the judicial conscience (see Matter of Martinez v City of New York, 281 AD2d 187 [2001]).

We have considered petitioner’s remaining contentions, including that his due process rights were violated, and find them unavailing. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Gonzalez and Acosta, JJ.

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