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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
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 June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (amounts in thousands):
| June 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 100,878 |  |  | $ | 102,866 |
Payable to the estate of Leona M. Helmsley (1) | 18,367 |  |  | 18,367 |
Interest rate swap agreements liability | 11,947 |  |  | 5,591 |
Accrued interest payable | 4,903 |  |  | 6,230 |
Due to affiliated companies | 522 |  |  | 1,010 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 136,617 |  |  | $ | 134,064 |
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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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