Hit by Federal Grant Losses, NYC Culture Orgs Ask for More City Funding

Hit by Federal Grant Losses, NYC Culture Orgs Ask for More City Funding

Several dozen New York City arts and culture advocates — including unionized museum workers, public school educators, community nonprofit leaders, visual artists, theater performers, and musicians — rallied in the rain outside City Hall in Manhattan yesterday morning, May 21, to call for increased funding for the sector. Coordinated by the advocacy organization New Yorkers for Arts and Culture (NY4CA), the action was held ahead of City Council h…

The Republicans' Budget Bill & NYC; When Federal Research Funding Goes Away; Sen. Gillibrand; Quiz: Name That Tune; Summer Culture Calendar: New Books | The Brian Lehrer Show

Loading... On today's show:  Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics reporting program and Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, offers his analysis of how the House budget bill that Republicans passed early this morning may affect NYC - in both good and bad ways. Latif Nasser, co-host of Radiolab from WNYC, tells the story of th…