President Obama’s proposed budget came out earlier this week. His arts budget remained largely the same as last year, but the NASA budget was not as lucky. Obama cut funding to the Bush-era plan to return to the moon by 2020 and, instead, allotted $6…
Continue Reading →The New York Times recently reported that $18.4 billion was paid in bonuses to employees of financial companies in New York in 2008, despite a loss of 38% in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. That was the most severe loss… since the stock market crash
Continue Reading →The AFM Local 802, the Arts Alliance and Cornell University produced a study in 2007 that measured the economic impact of the arts industry on New York State. In New York City alone, they found that the arts produce 160,300 jobs, $8.2 billion in wages…
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