A plant chief for the city’s Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to pay a $6,000 fine for directing a subordinate to do plumbing work on rental properties he owns in Queens, officials said Tuesday.
The Conflicts of Interest Board reported fining College Point Sewage Treatment Plant chief Mohammed Zaman for violating rules that ban employees from using their public jobs for private gain.
Investigators also found that Zaman used his DEP-issued cellphone to coordinate repair work on three of his properties in Astoria between January 2015 and October 2016.
Zaman, who earns $155,000 and has worked for the city since 1992, admitted paying his subordinate below-market rates for the plumbing jobs, claiming he requested just $50 each of two times to repair radiator steam valves.