Travis Kalanick's $ 37 million New York penthouse 'was the scene of a huge party where no one wore a mask'

Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s New York penthouse was the scene of a huge party in September where no one was wearing a mask, according to a guest.

Writer Cat Marnell told The Cut she was invited to the September rally where “there were tons of people… and of course no one was wearing a mask”.

At the time, New York City, once the epicenter of the coronavirus, was in phase 4 of its lockdown restrictions with indoor gatherings limited to 50 people. The state still requires people to wear masks in public and at social distance.

Marnell, 38, told The Cut about the underground parties still going on in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic. She writes: “The rich organize indoor parties without masks”.

A spokesperson for Kalanick, 44, told Business Insider that he loaned his house to a friend and was not familiar with the party or Marnell.

While the state averages only several hundred new cases per day during the summer, it now averages more than 5,000 new cases per day. New York City suffered 33,804 COVID deaths on Monday, the most of any state, and now has an average of 37 deaths per day.

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Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s New York penthouse, pictured, was the scene of a big party where no one was wearing a mask, according to a guest

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Writer Cat Marnell told The Cut she was invited to the September gathering in the penthouse, pictured, where “there were tons of people… and of course no one was wearing a mask”

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Marnell says he was told to take off his shoes inside the all-glass four-bedroom house.

She adds: “It wasn’t even cool. They asked us to take off our shoes.

“It looked like they were playing lounge music. Everyone drank red wine, “grown up”.

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Marnell says he was told to take off his shoes inside the four bedrooms, four bathrooms, all glass, in the photo. She adds: “It wasn’t even cool. They asked us to take off our shoes’

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A spokesperson for Kalanick said he loaned his house, pictured, to a friend

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In August, Vanity Fair declared Kalanick to be one of America’s super rich, hosting parties amid the pandemic.

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Marnell describes Kalanick’s house as “so big, with walls and walls of glass” in her article about the party she attended in September.

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In August, Vanity Fair declared Kalanick to be one of America’s super rich, hosting parties amid the pandemic.

Sources said Kalanick was throwing parties at his home in Los Angeles.

The parties are much smaller than before the pandemic and now stand outside, they said.

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Kalanick quit Uber in the summer of 2017

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Kalanick was ousted from his role as CEO of the company in 2017, then stepped down from the board in December 2019 – at the same time he unloaded his entire stake in Uber, bringing in more than 2.7 billions of dollars.

When Kalanick resigned in the summer of 2017, the company had gone through six months of bruising in which employees accused the former CEO of fostering a toxic work culture that encouraged sexual harassment and bullying.

The United States has so far recorded more than 3 million cases of COVID-19 in November, which is a quarter of the 12 million infections so far throughout the pandemic.

There were 142,732 new cases reported yesterday and hospitalizations hit a record 83,870 nationwide.

The daily death toll was 919 yesterday – marking the first time in six days that deaths have not exceeded 1,400. There is often a lag in reporting over the weekend, which may explain the low numbers at start of each week.

The seven-day moving average of deaths is currently 1,500, which is the highest since mid-May when the virus first peaked.

Some health experts have warned that deaths, which is a lagging indicator and can increase weeks after cases, will exceed 2,000 per day in the coming weeks.

More than 256,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

The number of coronavirus cases in the United States is expected to nearly double, bringing the total number of infections to around 20 million at the time of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, according to a new study.

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Kalanick’s parties, however, are much smaller than before the pandemic and are now held outdoors. His penthouse house in New York is pictured

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Marnell writes of Kalanick’s house: “So we go to this weird part of Soho, near Varick Street, in a very fancy building, and go up to the penthouse. It was like something out of billions

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