Despite Tax Breaks, These City Institutions Shut Doors On Voters

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Brigid Bergin
WNYC News | Jan 14, 2020

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The American Museum of Natural History are among the institutions that receive city tax breaks, but refused to allow their facilities to be used as voting sites. WNYC's Brigid Bergin reports on a list of 52 organizations that objected to being a poll site.

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