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This is New York, not L.A. — you shouldn’t have to suck up to Scientologists:

A Queens legislator — who insists a controversial detoxification program he’s promoting in lower Manhattan isn’t a front for Scientology — attended a celebrity-studded Los Angeles gala sponsored by the Church of Scientology.

City Councilman Hiram Monserrate said he paid his own way Saturday to the glitzy Hollywood event celebrating the 38th anniversary of the Church of Scientology Celebrity Center.

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Monserrate had earlier sponsored a council proclamation honoring L. Ron Hubbard, who founded Scientology.

But Monserrate said his trip was strictly personal.

“I have some friends who are Scientologists and they invited me and I went,” he said.

Earlier: Sciento(xico)logy.