NY Gov. pays $96k for World Series tickets

That could be one of the most expensive baseball games ever. The state’s top ethics watchdog wants to slug Gov. Paterson with a $96,375 fine for allegedly shaking down the Yankees for free tickets to Game 1 of last year’s World Series. The Public Integrity Commission requested the historic penalty — the first of its kind sought against a governor — after a lightning-quick hearing in the agency’s Albany office yesterday. The recommendation will be passed along to an administrative law judge who will decide the matter, which could take months to resolve.