Posted on 09/14/2018 1:20:49 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Editors Note: September 14, 2018
An earlier version of this article and headline created an unfair impression about who was responsible for the purchase in question. While Nikki R. Haley is the current ambassador to the United Nations, the decision on leasing the ambassadors residence and purchasing the curtains was made during the Obama administration, according to current and former officials. The article should not have focused on Ms. Haley, nor should a picture of her have been used. The article and headline have now been edited to reflect those concerns, and the picture has been removed.
WASHINGTON The State Department spent $52,701 for customized and mechanized curtains for the picture windows in the new official residence of the ambassador to the United Nations.
The residence is in a new building on First Avenue in Manhattan. For decades, American ambassadors to the U.N. lived in the Waldorf Astoria hotel. But after the hotel was purchased by a Chinese insurance company with a murky ownership structure, the State Department decided in 2016 to find a new home for its top New York diplomat because of security concerns.
The government leased the apartment, just blocks from the delegations offices, with an option to buy, according to Patrick Kennedy, the top management official at the State Department during the Obama administration. The full-floor penthouse, with handsome hardwood floors covering large open spaces stretching nearly 6,000 square feet, was listed at $58,000 a month.
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Ill bet that hurt.
Typical NYT: all the lies that are fit to print to help the Demonrat party.
It was, years ago, paraphrased, “all the news that fits, we print.” It has changed to “all the lies...”
The NYT will not go away. Too many fake news lovers believe it a status symbol to have the paper delivered or pretend to be reading it on the train.
The Gray Lady is like a cockroach, hard to kill.
They have no shame.
Did the Times ever investigate how much tax money was spent by Obama to fly his dog to Hawaii one Xmas?
Asking for a friend.
Did the Times ever investigate how much tax money was spent by Obama to fly his dog to Hawaii one Xmas?
Asking for a friend.
NYT’s is so trigger happy on anti Trump rumors they make the Vegas Shooter look hesitant.
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