Taylor Swift gives $50,000 to NYC schools

New York City’s official booster Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 (Dh183,600) to the city’s public schools.

The city tourism bureau tapped Swift as “global welcome ambassador” last year even though critics noted she was a recent transplant to New York.

Some also complained that her song Welcome to New York from the album 1989 was bland and lifeless.

Swift responded by announcing last October that she would donate proceeds from the single to the city’s schools.

A spokeswoman for the city Department of Education said on Tuesday that Swift has now given $50,000.

Spokeswoman Devora Kaye says the department is “deeply appreciative of this kind gesture”.