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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):
| March 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 77,234 |  |  | $ | 68,488 |
Payable to the estate of Leona M. Helmsley (1) | 18,367 |  |  | 18,367 |
Accrued interest payable | 4,152 |  |  | 5,953 |
Due to affiliated companies | 2,044 |  |  | 3,755 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 101,797 |  |  | $ | 96,563 |
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(1) | Reflects a payable to the estate of Leona M. Helmsley in the amount of New York City transfer taxes which would have been payable in absence of the estate's exemption from such tax.

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