Michael Bloomberg is a tropical fish enthusiast. As soon as he became mayor of New York City, he paid for two huge aquariums in his city hall, and during his 12 years as mayor, he also paid the $62,400 for the maintenance of these aquariums. In addition, during this period, he paid 890,000 dollars for the daily breakfast and lunch of the city administration employees from his own pocket, and spent 6 million dollars on fueling his own private helicopter when he traveled far and wide for city administration work. Also, 5 million dollars were spent on the renovation of the mayor's house owned by the city administration, although he does not live there. As soon as he became mayor, he gave up his $2.7 million mayoral salary and donated $263 million from his own assets, Bloomberg LP, to support culture and health. The Metropolitan Museum alone was given 3 million dollars to get an "audio interpreter" and Wi-Fi, and the Queens Theater received 100 thousand dollars annually from an anonymous donor, who later learned that the donor was Mayor Bloomberg. According to a New York Times investigation, Mayor Bloomberg has spent a total of $650 million on awards, political campaigns, philanthropy, and social programs during his time in office. "The New York Times" wrote in its news: "In the past, the mayor was paid for being the mayor, but this time, the mayor is paying himself for holding this position."