WASHINGTON – New York City’s priciest apartment just sold for $90 million.

The midtown penthouse shattered the record for NYC apartment prices – no small feat. The buyer was described as “someone people would recognize,” according to the New York Daily News.

The apartment building the penthouse is in dwarfs Trump Tower, which was previously the tallest residential building in NYC.

For more photos and information, check out the Daily News article.

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