{"id":439999,"date":"2022-04-30T22:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/debt-ridden-de-blasio-spending-thousands-to-live-large-at-brooklyn-hotel\/"},"modified":"2022-04-30T22:48:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T19:48:00","slug":"debt-ridden-de-blasio-spending-thousands-to-live-large-at-brooklyn-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/debt-ridden-de-blasio-spending-thousands-to-live-large-at-brooklyn-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"#Debt-ridden de Blasio spending thousands to live large at Brooklyn hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2576b8a3ff3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2576b8a3ff3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/debt-ridden-de-blasio-spending-thousands-to-live-large-at-brooklyn-hotel\/#%E2%80%9CDebt-ridden_de_Blasio_spending_thousands_to_live_large_at_Brooklyn_hotel%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Debt-ridden de Blasio spending thousands to live large at Brooklyn hotel&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDebt-ridden_de_Blasio_spending_thousands_to_live_large_at_Brooklyn_hotel%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Debt-ridden de Blasio spending thousands to live large at Brooklyn hotel&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Former Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife have racked up $2.5 million in debt,<strong> <\/strong>but that isn\u2019t stopping them from living large at a pricey, four-star Brooklyn hotel.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving office four months ago, de Blasio and Chirlane McCray made a beeline from Gracie Mansion to the swanky <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/en-us\/hotels\/nycbk-new-york-marriott-at-the-brooklyn-bridge\/overview\/\">New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge<\/a> \u2014 where suites run from about $600 to $5,000 a night \u2014 and have been staying there ever since while their home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, undergoes renovations, according to hotel staffers and other sources.<\/p>\n<p>The 667-room hotel \u2014 which features an indoor pool, fitness center with Pelotons, two restaurants and spectacular waterfront views \u2014 is owned by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/muss.com\/about\/\">Muss Development,<\/a> a Queens-based real estate giant whose owners have been longtime supporters of de Blasio.<\/p>\n<p>The company is also one of the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le\u2019s top landlords who rent city agencies office space, having racked up at least $239 million in city contracts since 2014, when de Blasio became mayor, records show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lobby of hotel\" class=\"wp-image-22097093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The 667-room hotel offers some impressive amenities, including two restaurants. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Helayne Seidman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>De Blasio and McCray have been staying in one of the hotel\u2019s more modest suites, which offers both a living room and bedroom. With a $600 rate on a recent Saturday night, a four-month stay could cost upwards of $72,000. <\/p>\n<p>De Blasio and McCray certainly haven\u2019t blended in with typical tourists and other hotel guests as their taxpayer-funded NYPD security detail is by their side at all times whenever they leave their room. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps to throw off the scent of a Post reporter tailing him, the notorious Yankees-hating, Boston Red Sox-loving de Blasio was seen in the lobby Thursday sporting a Pittsburgh Pirates cap.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio typically prefers taking the stairs and speed-walking to get around the hotel. He and his wife remain sticklers for pandemic protocols and usually wear masks in the hotel\u2019s public areas unless they\u2019re eating or drinking.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio\u2019s drink of choice at the hotel\u2019s bar are drafts of Fat Tire \u2014 a $9 Colorado amber ale. He seems to have a good rapport with hotel staff, many of whom address him as \u201csir.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"De Blasio at the Marriott Hotel in Brooklyn\" class=\"wp-image-22097095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The former mayor and his wife are still wears masks around the hotel unless eating or drinking. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Helayne Seidman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, one staffer said, \u201cHe\u2019s too frugal, and that\u2019s a nice way of putting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if hotel fees were waived or dramatically reduced for the former mayor, a de Blasio spokesman declined comment, and a spokeswoman for Muss Development insisted the hotel\u2019s ownership \u201cis not involved with specific guests\u2019 accommodations.\u201d The hotel\u2019s management declined comment.  <\/p>\n<p>While de Blasio is eligible to collect a six-figure pension for his two decades of public service and also receives rental income on two Brooklyn homes he and his wife own, the Post reported last October that de Blasio had dug himself into a deep financial hole after taking out a second mortgage totaling $615,342 on one of the homes. <\/p>\n<p>His $2.5 million in debt also includes $300,000 in legal bills run up five years ago by lawyers who defended de Blasio in a probe of his fundraising activities, and another $200,000-plus from long-dormant campaign accounts that owe money.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Marriott Brooklyn Bridge hotel\" class=\"wp-image-22097094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriott-brooklyn-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The owner of the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge has been a longtime supporter of de Blasio. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Griffin Kelly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>De Blasio has also yet to reimburse taxpayers nearly $320,000 that the city\u2019s Department of Investigation determined he owes for misusing his NYPD security detail while mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Critics said de Blasio\u2019s suite life wreaks of hypocrisy \u2014 especially since the progressive pol was elected in November 2013 after promising voters he\u2019d put an end to the \u201cincome inequality\u201d that created a \u201cTale of two Cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a hypocrite living like a 1-percenter, and it raises plenty of red flags,\u201d Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) said. \u201cWho\u2019s paying for this? Like most people, when I renovated my house, I did it piecemeal and lived in one room at a time. I certainly wouldn\u2019t stay at a top-of-the-line hotel like the Brooklyn Marriott, especially if I\u2019m in debt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island), who lost the 2017 mayoral election to de Blasio, said the former mayor\u2019s living arrangements raises questions of a possible \u201cquid pro quo\u201d considering Muss Development\u2019s lucrative city contracts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriot-brooklyn-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Exterior of the New York Marriott Brooklyn Bridge hotel\" class=\"wp-image-22097089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriot-brooklyn-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriot-brooklyn-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marriot-brooklyn-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>De Blasio has over $2 million in debt that also includes $300,000 in legal bills.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Helayne Seidman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor Bill de Blasio, it was always about himself and his cronies \u2014 not average New Yorkers,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>While many of the city\u2019s payments to Muss since 2014 have been made through deals cut before de Blasio took office, much was also amassed through deals made during his  administration. <\/p>\n<p>This includes agreements that brought Police Department personnel to Forest Hills Tower in Queens and Taxi and Limousine Commission staffers to other Muss-owned offices on Staten Island. <\/p>\n<p>De Blasio has been a longtime friend of the city\u2019s hotel industry, with hotels benefitting\u00a0from de\u2009Blasio\u2019s battle against Airbnb\u00a0and other services that offer tourists short-term apartment rentals in violation of state law. 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