Peter DiTommaso

A native Staten Islander whose reputedly mob-tied construction company renovated the apartment of disgraced NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik, has dodged jail time after a jury convicted him of lying under oath. Bronx Supreme Court Justice John W. Carter sentenced Peter DiTommaso, 52, now of Franklin Lakes, N.J., to five years of probation, 1,500 hours of community service and two $5,000 fines in March 2019, following his December 2018 perjury conviction. Prosecutors had asked for a one-to-three year prison term. DiTommaso and his brother, Frank, 53, now of Short Hills, N.J., were both accused of lying to a grand jury when they testified that their construction company, Interstate Industrial Corp., hadn't paid for renovations to Kerik's apartment. Kerik would later plead guilty to receiving $165,000 in free renovations in exchange for helping DiTommaso and his brother obtain a license for their company. He's serving a four-year sentence in a Maryland federal prison for tax fraud and lying to White House officials, and is slated to be released on Oct. 13 2019. Peter DiTommaso was convicted on two counts of perjury on Dec. 21 2018, while his brother was acquitted of the same charges three days later. In 2005, former DeCavalcante family capo and Great Kills resident Anthony Rotondo testified that Interstate funneled cash to the mob to arrange non-union labor on three Manhattan projects. Frank DiTommaso has long denied the allegations of ties to the mob, saying he didn't recall ever meeting Rotondo and calling his testimony "outrageous" and false.