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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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 December 31, 2016 and 2015 (amounts in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2015
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 102,866 |  |  | $ | 83,352 |
Payable to the estate of Leona M. Helmsley (1) | 18,367 |  |  | 18,367 |
Interest rate swap agreements liability | 5,591 |  |  | 1,922 |
Accrued interest payable | 6,230 |  |  | 5,555 |
Due to affiliated companies | 1,010 |  |  | 1,903 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 134,064 |  |  | $ | 111,099 |
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(1) | Reflects a payable to the estate of Leona M. Helmsley for New York City transfer taxes which would have been payable in absence of the estate's exemption from such tax.

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