Petitioner, a senior stenographer in the Rensselaer County Department of Health, was dismissed upon findings that she had refused to perform certain stenographic duties. While it appears that the initial refusal was in anticipation of a future work assignment and was not a refusal of a present assignment, the element of misconduct is established by substantial evidence. The commissioner further considered the petitioner's equivocal response to questioning at the hearing as...
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