New York City’s Beloved Cultural Commissioner, Tom Finkelpearl, Is Out Of His Job

In news received with consternation by many city arts organizations, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Finkelpearl would be stepping down by what the ex-commissioner called “mutual agreement.” Finkelpearl is credited with the new plan to tie funding from the city to institutions’ diversity efforts and with the scheme that has given free access to cultural institutions to holders of IDNYC cards. – The New York Times