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The Sunday New York Times also had an extensive discussion of who stands to
gain by this exhibit: Those who made large gifts to make this exhibit
possible.
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Szczesny <[log in to unmask]>
> > November 1, 1999
> >
> > FROM: Edward H. Able, Jr., President and CEO
> >
> > ABOUT: Court Decision on Brooklyn Museum of Art
> >
> > U. S. District Court Judge Nina Gershon has just announced her decision
in
> > favor of the Brooklyn Museum of Art's request for a preliminary
injunction
> > against the city of New York, to prevent Mayor Giuliani from following
> > through on his threat to freeze the city's normal contribution of $7.2
> > million to the museum. The city had already withheld its $497,554
> > contribution for October and sued in state court to evict the museum.
> >
> > In her 40-page opinion, Judge Gershon indicated that the museum "has
> > established irreparable harm and a likelihood of success on its First
> > Amendment claim," and she barred the city from "taking steps to inflict
> > any punishment, retaliation, discrimination or sanction" against the BMA
> > for the exhibit "Sensation."
> >
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