Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been fined $475,000 for utilizing the New York Police Department to provide security for his presidential campaign. The decision was reached by Administrative Judge Shahabuddeen Ally of the Civil Court of the City of New York. Judge Ally stated that accepting de Blasio’s arguments in defense of these actions would result in “absurd results.”
For further details on the case and the judge’s rationale, the full article is available on the New York Law Journal.