New York: On a day when many New Yorkers escaped the muggy city streets for a trip to the beach, Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull hit the town in Manhattan in search of respite from the political heat back home.

The recently deposed prime minister and his wife will spend the next six weeks holidaying in New York, where they own an apartment bought for $US3.275 million on the city's desirable Upper West Side.

But if the Turnbulls thought they could escape the media glare in New York they were wrong.

Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull have retreated to New York after the Liberal leadership crisis ended Mr Turnbull's prime ministership. Credit:BACKGRID

The pair were filmed arriving at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night, where Mr Turnbull said he was “looking forward to some rest” following his dramatic removal as prime minister less than two weeks ago.