Michael Cantone, CSC Docket No. 2024-1152
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of September 10, 2025, CSC Docket No. 2024-1152: discipline, penalty upheld. Michael Cantone, Identification Officer, Newark, Department of Public Safety, 10 working day suspension, on charges of insubordination and violation of departmental policies.
Commission decisions · Meeting of September 10, 2025
Michael Cantone, Identification Officer, Newark, Department of Public Safety, 10 working day suspension, on charges of insubordination and violation of departmental policies.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- September 10, 2025, item A-4
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the 10 working day suspension.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- 10 working day suspension
- Title
- IDENTIFICATION OFFICER
- Employer
- Newark
- Chair at the time
- Allison Chris Myers, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's PDF
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
BackgroundThe appeal of Michael Cantone, Identification Officer, Newark, Department of Public Safety, 10 working day suspension, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Andrea Perry Villani (ALJ), who rendered her initial decision on July 17, 2025. No exceptions were filed.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the ALJ’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission (Commission), at its meeting on September 10, 2025, adopted the ALJ’s Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law and her recommendation to uphold the 10 working day suspension.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the action of the appointing authority in suspending the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore upholds that action and dismisses the appeal of Michael Cantone.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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