A leading Downtown Brooklyn arts and media nonprofit has joined the city's Cultural Institutions Group , securing permanent funding, according to city officials.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Laurie Cumbo added BRIC , the Bronx Children’s Museum , the Louis Armstrong House Museum , the Noble Maritime Collection and Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (PRTT) to the CIG, which now has 39 members.

CIG members operate on city-owned property and receive substantial subsidies and capital investment from the city. In return for this support, they provide cultural programming for all New Yorkers.

"From iconic museums to legendary theaters, our city’s Cultural Institutions Group gives New Yorkers and tourists alike a saf

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