The NYC mayor told reporters on Friday the superstar performer has covered the permit fee required for the police role in supervising the July 3 event at Madison Square Gardens.
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday said Taylor Swift has paid the city $160,000 for the permit required for police to have supervise her July 3 Madison Square Gardens wedding to Travis Kelce.
“Taylor Swift will be paying… has paid already the cost of the permit that was lodged, which was over $160,000 for that event and for the response to that event. And that was a permit that was finalized in the days just before the event itself,” Mamdani said in response to a question during a press conference unrelated to the wedding.
The cost for the New York Police Department to work both the wedding and Thursday night’s rehearsal dinner had been estimated at roughly $160,000, and Mandani confirmed Swift had reimbursed the city for that bill.
The mayor’s comments followed criticism over taxpayers having to pay for police security around the power couple’s nuptials in New York City.
