Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has agreed to pay the city nearly $330,000 to repay taxpayers for misusing his police department security detail during his short-lived campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2020 election.

The repayment includes covering the costs for his detail to accompany him to a Red Sox game in Los Angeles during a campaign trip, reports The New York Post on Wednesday. 

De Blasio, under the terms of the agreement, admitted he did not follow the Conflicts of Interest Board’s (COIB) guidance when he used $319,794 in taxpayer dollars to fund the details expenses during 31 trips outside the city during his four-month race for the nomination in 2019. 

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