Cultural Institution Face Big Cuts in City Funding

Polticker NY has details on how much some cultural institutions say they are losing this year, due to cutbacks in City Council funds and mayoral funds: "American Museum of Natural History: $2,790,746, a 22 percent reduction from the previous fiscal year; Carnegie Hall: $271,687, a 33 percent reduction; Lincoln Center: $1,035,290, a 42 percent reduction; Metropolitan Museum of Art: $1,691,246, a 13 percent reduction; and Staten Island Children’s Museum: $170,146, a 31 percent reduction." And is it a coincidence that Mayor Bloomberg was singing the praises of free activities for New Yorkers by mentioning free admission times at different institutions?

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By Jen Chung in News on November 24, 2008 4:27 PM

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kc2slg

(And oh, The Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian denomination that uses buckets for fundraising. The Red Cross is entirely secular and does not have buckets.)

kc2slg

Hm? Snoopy, I don't think you know what the Red Cross does locally. Volunteers and a few paid staff go to _every_ "all-hands" house or apartment fire in this city, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in every neighborhood, to every family. They make sure that the people affected have a place to stay, and food and clothing to get them through the first 24-72 hours after they've lost everything in a fire. If your apartment burns up at 3 a.m. during a snowstorm, the Red Cross is there.

Snoopy

That does it. No more dropping nickels and dimes in the Red Cross buckets for me. If they need money get those bums that they give their money to get a job. I know it sounds cruel but there are auto workers out of work, there are bankers out of work, there are hookers out of work, there are decent trollers out of work. Give the common person a place to sit and count the roses or smell them.

kc2slg

The city also reduced the American Red Cross' budget allocation from $1.9 million to $500,000. However, I don't think the universe can demand an equivalent drop in the number of apartment and house fires in NYC.

NannyState

It's unconscionable that we lose Show World yet these filthy bawdy houses are still standing.

longacre

These are all places that charge high admission fees and receive massive amounts of philanthropic donations...the city shouldn't be giving them any money.

Snoopy

Read his lips. "No more city cuts, culture should be free, no more taxes than are necessary, no more free rides for those that take advantage of the city council, no more expenses or exclusions other than what I think is reasonable for my friends, no more Donald Trump upstaging me."