DOI was investigating whether more than 20 Correction higher - ups — including Kuczinski and Commissioner Joseph Ponte — were
misusing city vehicles at the time.
Last week, Peters» agency issued a blistering report on a slew of Correction officials, including Commissioner Joseph Ponte, who
misused their city vehicles for personal purposes.
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said Department of Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte should resign after
misusing his city vehicle and allegations that his agency spied on investigators probing the Rikers Island jail.
Not exact matches
When former Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte was found to have
misused his
city - issued
vehicle, de Blasio told WNYC radio in April 2017, «I have absolute faith in Commissioner Ponte.»
The
city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.&ra
city Department of Investigation's probe of
vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home
vehicle privileges and cost
City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.&ra
City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»
The first DOI report revealed Ponte and several of his deputies had for months
misused city - issued
vehicle privileges.
Department of Correction Commissioner Cynthia Brann and eight other senior DOC officials were fined Tuesday for
misusing their
city - owned cars, more than six months after a
city investigation into widespread
misuse of the
vehicles at the department forced then - Commissioner Joe Ponte to leave his position.
New York
City Department of Correction Commissioner Cynthia Brann and eight other senior DOC officials were fined for misusing their city - owned cars, six months after an investigation into misuse of vehicles forced then - Commissioner Joseph Ponte to res
City Department of Correction Commissioner Cynthia Brann and eight other senior DOC officials were fined for
misusing their
city - owned cars, six months after an investigation into misuse of vehicles forced then - Commissioner Joseph Ponte to res
city - owned cars, six months after an investigation into
misuse of
vehicles forced then - Commissioner Joseph Ponte to resign.
Other
city employees who
misused their work
vehicles less frequently than Romano and Youssef have been fined or suspended by the
city's Conflicts of Interest Board, or at times put on probation.
This seemingly simple question — the heart of the commissioner's defense against accusations that he
misused the
vehicle — threatened to engulf him in yet another scandal on Monday when two former senior correction officials all but accused him of lying under oath at a
City Council budget hearing.