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Ex-Correction Chief Pays $18,500 Fine for Car Use

FILE -- Joseph Ponte, right, former city correction commissioner, in New York, May 8, 2017. Ponte paid the city $18,500 as a penalty for his improper use of a city vehicle for personal trips, and he acknowledged that his abrupt resignation last year was “in part because of the conduct” related to such use — contradicting statements made at the time by Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)