Taylor Swift Paid ‘Over $160,000’ to Obtain NYC Permit for MSG Wedding, Says Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani is setting the record straight when it comes to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s massive wedding at Madison Square Garden. On Friday, July 10, the New York Mayor informed reporters that the superstar had spent six figures to obtain a permit from the city to shutdown streets around the Midtown venue.

“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,” Mamdani said at a consumer protection press conference. “That was a permit that was finalized, I think, just [in] the days before the event itself,” he added. His statement was in response to a reporter’s question: “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?”

This update comes nearly a week after Swift and Kelce’s big day, which saw several streets in the Midtown area closed from the public on a major U.S. holiday, causing some New Yorkers to criticize the famous couple, and their timing. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican congresswoman for New York, was among the critics. “Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce should reimburse NYPD for the 130 officers needed per day to keep their multi-million dollar, thousand person wedding at MSG safe. Our officers are already working overtime for 4th of July festivities & NYC taxpayers should NOT be on the hook,” she wrote on X.

Well, it turns out they did. Days before their nuptials, the couple also notably donated a generous gift of $26 million across 20 charities in the U.S.

No official numbers on the total cost of the wedding have come out as details from the day of the nuptials remain few and far between. But luxury wedding and event planner Lindsay Landman told Rolling Stone that the final price tag could be somewhere within the range of $20 to $25 million.