'It's my guilty pleasure': Sen. Chuck Schumer confirms spending $8,600 on Junior's cheesecake over the last decade
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer admitted Sunday that he has dropped almost $9,000 on his favorite cheesecake over the years.
Holding a platter of the rich dessert aloft at a news conference, Schumer responded to a New York Post report that said Federal Election Commission filings reveal he spent $8,600 on cheesecake from Junior's, a restaurant that boasts it has the best cheesecake in New York, over the course of a decade. "I love Junior's cheesecake so much. It’s the best cheesecake in the world," he said."It is made in Brooklyn.
Schumer said he sometimes gives the cheesecakes out as gifts or to settle bets before handing out samples to reporters. WATCH: Sen. Chuck Schumer admits to spending thousands on cheesecake and serves cheesecake to members of the press in a lighthearted moment. pic.twitter.com/2OHX2lPgPeCNN confirmed that FEC filings by the Friends of Schumer political action committee show 93 entries for Junior's cheesecake from 2009 to 2016; payments range from $46 to $516.45.
The Post calculated that if Schumer bought the"Original NY Plain Cheesecake," which Junior's says is its top seller, at its current price of $43.95, it would come to 196 cheesecakes. "No matter how ya slice it, Chuck is proud of his years of support for the Downtown Brooklyn institution that is Junior’s cheesecake," Schumer spokesman Angelo Roefaro told The Post.Story continuesVideo: How to Make Keto Mini CheesecakesThis article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Chuck Schumer confirms he spent nearly $9,000 on Junior's cheesecake
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