Powerful talk-show radio personality Rush Limbaugh’s NYC penthouse is on the market for $13,950,000, evidently as a show of revolt against New York’s notoriously high taxes.
Limbaugh uses New York studios as a backup to broadcast his show if bad weather threatens his Florida operations, but it looks like he’s had enough with New York. According to Gawker, Limbaugh threatened to sell his Manhattan apartment due to taxes and went on the air last March saying so. Here’s a portion of the transcript from his March 30, 2009 show titled, “El Rushbo to New York: Drop Dead:”
Well, I announced that I was officially vacating New York after these stupid, punitive, massive tax increases, and basically I go to New York now for hurricane relief, whenever a hurricane hits. No other reason to go there. Well, sometimes I visit the overrated staff, but it would be cheaper to fly the staff down here to visit me than to pay these stupid tax increases!
Limbaugh’s Upper East Side pre-war penthouse hit the market last week and it’s described as having expansive views of Central Park. Also, there are lots of murals done on the ceilings and walls of the home, done by artist Richard Smith. See more photos of Limbaugh’s New York City penthouse.
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