New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has said that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce paid over $160,000 (£119,000) to get married at Madison Square Garden.
The couple announced their engagement last August and tied the knot at a star-studded ceremony at New York’s Madison Square Garden earlier this month. Since then, they’ve been criticised for shutting down several streets in the Midtown area, with some politicians calling on Swift and Kelce to reimburse the New York City Police Department and taxpayers.
Now, Mamdani has set the record straight on the costs of the wedding, telling reporters that Swift spent a considerable sum to obtain a permit from the city to shut down the streets around the venue.
The mayor was responding to a reporter, who asked him: “Could you also confirm that Taylor Swift will be paying the city back any and all money for police overtime, and if so, how much and to whom?”
Speaking at a consumer protection press conference, Mamdani said Swift had already paid “the cost of the permit that was lodged, which was over $160,000 for that event and for the response to that event.
“That was a permit that was finalised, I think, just [in] the days before the event itself.”