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NY Ethics Commission: Paterson Should Pay $96K For Yankees Tickets

Ryan J. Reilly | August 18, 2010, 11:28AM

Gov. David Paterson (D-NY)

New York's Public Integrity Commission is calling on Gov. David Paterson to pay the maximum $96,375 fine for soliciting free tickets from the Yankees to Game 1 of last year's World Series.

The five tickets, which were not available to the general public, cost $425 each. Paterson paid for them once the flap became public, reports the New York Daily News.

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