Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted Wednesday he has no idea how much his administration is spending on tickets to movies and Mets games used to entice accused criminals into returning for their mandated court appearances — three days after The Post revealed the program’s existence.
“I’m not aware of the specifics of the budgeting and how it works and where the funds come from,” de Blasio said at an unrelated press conference.
But he applauded the plan run by his Office of Criminal Justice in conjunction with the not-for-profit Criminal Justice Agency that will offer tickets and gift cards to ensure that inmates who get sprung don’t skip their court dates.