Zohran Mamdani defends Taylor Swift wedding amid $160K security row

Turns out love is expensive, but so are a hundred-plus NYPD officers on overtime, and Taylor Swift picked up that tab herself. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed on Friday that Swift paid the city over $160,000 to cover the police permit and security response for her wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden. The clarification comes after Republicans publicly questioned whether taxpayers would end up footing the bill for the star-studded event.Zohran Mamdani confirms Taylor Swift, not taxpayers, covered wedding police costsAsked directly whether Swift would reimburse the city for police overtime, Mamdani didn't hesitate. "Taylor Swift 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," he said, adding the permit was finalized just days before the wedding itself.