David Wildstein, once a powerful staffer at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who admitted to masterminding what came to be known as the “Bridgegate” scheme, has avoided prison time.
Before U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton of the District of New Jersey in Newark Wednesday, Wildstein, 55, was sentenced to three years’ probation, 500 hours of community service and a fine, after testifying as a government witness last year in the trial of two Bridgegate coconspirators, who ultimately were convicted.
