Bloomberg backs $20 museum fee
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has an answer for citizens questioning how the Museum of Modern Art can get away with raising its admission price from $12 to $20 when it reopens in Manhattan on Nov. 20: Go to another museum.
“MoMA is a private institution,†Bloomberg was quoted as saying in Tuesday’s New York Daily News. “It’s not a city institution. And they have a right to set their own pricing policies.â€
Bloomberg, a billionaire, said that even though the museum has received taxpayer money, the city should not be “pressuring†private groups about fees.
“If you can’t afford [admissions] at any one, you can go to another one,†he said.
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