FDNY chiefs & others fined for accepting Super Bowl tickets from NFL
Bob Fredericks, New York Post:
Seven FDNY employees — including a deputy chief and three battalion chiefs — have been fined by the Conflicts of Interest Board for accepting free tickets to the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium, officials said Monday.
Firefighter John Curatolo got 52 freebies the night before the big game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos from NFL vice president of community relations and philanthropy Anna Isaacson.
Curatolo used one ticket himself and shared others with six colleagues.
John Curatolo, a 24-year FDNY veteran assigned to Engine 8 Ladder 2 on East 54th Street and the logistics coordinator for the Manhattan Borough Command, admitted to accepting and distributing 52 free tickets from an NFL representative whom he knew through coordinating street closures and other events for pre-Super Bowl celebrations, according to the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board.
Curatolo, also admitted to using his relationship with a representatives of the NFL film division — whom he met when the NFL filmed a Bon Jovi concert at the Ladder 8 station house — to secure a summer internship for his kid, according to the board’s records.
Curatolo agreed to pay a $4,000 fine for the violations, records show.
