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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 11

SoHo Elite Party Turns Into Knicks Finals Watch Event as 8:30 p.m. Tipoff Empties Room

Updated

Updated · The New York Times · Jun 11

SoHo Elite Party Turns Into Knicks Finals Watch Event as 8:30 p.m. Tipoff Empties Room

Q: How did New York's elite treat Ashley St. Clair during her public battle with Elon Musk?

There is no reliable evidence in the provided reporting that New York’s elite treated Ashley St. Clair in any clearly defined way during her public dispute with Elon Musk. What the coverage does show is that St. Clair was still present in elite social spaces. She was named among the guests at Carson Griffith’s SoHo gathering alongside finance and media executives, high-end realtors, plastic surgeons, and figures such as Candace Bushnell. That suggests she was not obviously excluded from at least one prominent Manhattan social event despite the attention around her conflict with Musk. Beyond that, the available material focuses on St. Clair’s public claims about Musk, her custody fight, her apology for past anti-trans rhetoric, and the media attention surrounding those developments. It does not document how wealthy or influential New Yorkers privately reacted to her, whether they embraced her, distanced themselves, or treated her differently. So the most supportable answer is narrow: she continued to appear in elite New York circles, but the reporting does not establish any broader pattern of treatment by New York’s elite during the Musk battle.

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 11

A SoHo party for Carson Griffith’s “Rich People Shit” newsletter was remade into an impromptu Knicks NBA Finals watch event when organizers realized it would clash with Wednesday’s game at Madison Square Garden.
The boutique hotel had no televisions and initially resisted the idea as off-brand, but staff relented after organizers argued guests would leave rather than miss what they called a defining New York moment.
By the 8:30 p.m. tipoff, the crowd had thinned and a large TV was rolled into the back bar, where finance, media and real-estate guests watched beside cocktails and appetizers.
The scene underscored how the Knicks’ Finals run has overtaken even high-end Manhattan social plans, with some attendees opting for a makeshift screening instead of soaring Garden ticket prices.