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The wife of MTA boss Janno Lieber has raked in as much as $275,000 in the last seven years by transforming their luxe Brooklyn home into sets for film and TV productions.
From 2016 to 2022, Amy Glosser earned between $114,000 to $275,000 by giving production teams access to the couple’s spacious $2 million Victorian Flatbush home for at least 11 film and photo shoots, including scenes for “Blue Bloods” and “Law & Order,” state ethics disclosure forms show.
The shoots began in 2016, with Glosser, 58, bringing in at least $6,000 total from Zinc Productions and location agent Debbie Regan Locations for access to the couple’s three-story home, which is outfitted with parquet floors and a massive kitchen.
The side hustle appeared to accelerate after Lieber, 61, joined the MTA in 2017 as president of construction and development, before being confirmed as the transit agency’s chair and CEO in 2022.
In 2019, Dunkin’ paid Glosser, who also owns the boutique spin studio chain BYKlyn, at least $1,000 to use couple’s home for a photo production, while CBS legal drama “Bull” and FOX’s “Almost Family” handed over a minimum of $5,000 and $20,000 in fees.
The 2,713-square-foot dwelling, situated on a tree-line block dotted with grand Victorians, expanded into a network hotspot with CBS’ “Blue Bloods” and “Evil” each paying at least $20,000 and $50,000. Most recently, “Law & Order” ponied up over $5,000 in 2022 for a shoot.
Lieber earned just under $402,000 in fiscal year 2022.
At least one critic pointed out that the transit agency has the power to grant or deny the same shows permission to film on MTA property.
“Janno Lieber is a walking, talking, breathing conflict of interest who seemingly doesn’t miss a chance to monetize his appointed position as MTA Chair,” said John Samuelsen, head of the Transit Workers Union, which is currently embroiled in a contract fight with the MTA.
MTA spokesman Tim Minton denied any conflict.
“Regardless of John Samuelsen’s attempt to turn this into a Hollywood whodunit, the reality is that hundreds of movie, TV, and advertising productions have filmed in NYC subways and buses in recent years, and no request from anybody who can purchase insurance, get permits from a dedicated film unit, and pay fees ever gets turned down,” Minton said.
“And in what’s clearly an anticlimactic ending to this script, MTA Chair Lieber has never been informed — much less consulted — about a single request to film on MTA property.”
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