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 30 occasions between July 25, 1988, and July 11, 1989, was guilty of excessive absenteeism (see, Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 N.Y.2d 222, 231; Matter of Moorehead v New York City Tr. Auth., 147 A.D.2d 569). We note that the petitioner's absences, eight of which occurred on Mondays, and for some of which the petitioner provided questionable explanations, occurred even after the petitioner had been warned several times by his supervisor that his poor attendance was adversely affecting the operation of his office. Mangano, P.J., Sullivan, Balletta and O'Brien, JJ., concur.