Pictures of Jessica Simpson Leaving the Ritz in NYC

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Jessica Simpson and her publicist pal Lauren Auslander stepped out of the Ritz Hotel in NYC this afternoon. The girls were off on a mission during Jessica's second day in the Big Apple, since she and fiancé Eric Johnson headed there from LA on Wednesday. Jessica and Eric's stay on the East Coast has coincided with rumors that Jessica is in the running for a big new job as a cohost on Simon Cowell's X Factor, though she laughed off the stories on her way home from dinner at the ABC Kitchen last night.