The nude body of Lebanese-born Andree Bejjani has been found on the 10th floor of a posh hotel next to Central Park in New York strangled with a knife sticking from her neck, police said.

Longtime hotel housekeeping manager Derrick Praileu, 29, has been arrested in connection to the death.

Charges are pending against Praileu, who was arrested hours after the body of 44-year-old Bejjani was found Saturday afternoon at the luxury Manhattan hotel.

Police say a maid found Bejjani face down on the kitchen floor in a condo at the hotel. She was naked, with her throat slashed and a knife sticking out of it.

The 44-story hotel is on the Central Park’s southern edge. The art deco landmark opened in 1931 and has 509 luxury rooms and suites as large as 2,500 square feet.

Bejjani had moved to New York from Dubai, and had been staying in a residential condominium at the Jumeirah Essex House since August.(AP-Naharnet)