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From 2010 to 2014, the city directed more funding to Lincoln Center and the Met (above) than it did to the entire Cultural Development Fund, which provides programmatic grants for the remaining 1,500-plus arts organizations in the city.
Although the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs has strongly advocated for equity in the arts, the agency’s granting programs could do more to bolster the small and local organizations that are under threat.
When New Yorkers think about aging infrastructure, bridges, roads and pipes come to mind. But schools, hospitals, jails and other public buildings aren’t getting any younger, either.
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