Carnegie Hall has vital partnerships with city, state, and federal government agencies and elected representatives. This landmark concert hall narrowly escaped demolition when it was purchased by the City of New York in 1960 and when the non-profit Carnegie Hall Corporation was established to manage the institution’s operations. Government support has allowed Carnegie Hall to enhance its artistic and educational programs, as well as to renovate and expand the physical plant.
Carnegie Hall’s government partners include the following agencies and elected officials:
City of New York
As a member of the New York City Cultural Institutions Group, Carnegie Hall enjoys close working relationships with the City of New York. The City at all levels of government has provided leadership support for the construction of Carnegie Hall’s Third Stage, Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, which opened in September 2003.
In addition, the City provides annual operating and energy support, as well as support for the Hall’s artistic presentations, and programs of the Weill Music Institute, including Neighborhood Concerts, Family Concerts, and CarnegieKids.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
The New York City Council
Speaker Christine C. Quinn
Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick
Council Member Robert Jackson, Chair, Education Committee
Council Member Dominick M. Recchia, Jr., Chair, Cultural Affairs, Libraries & International Intergroup Relations Committee
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr.
The Department of Cultural Affairs
Commissioner Kate D. Levin
New York City Department of Education
Chancellor Joel I. Klein
State of New York
New York State provided major capital support for the construction of the Third Stage. The State has also provided programmatic support for artistic and educational initiatives.
Governor David A. Paterson
The New York State Senate
Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno
Senator Liz Krueger
The New York State Assembly
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
Assembly Member Richard N. Gottfried
Assembly Member Steve Englebright, Chair, State Assembly Tourism, Arts & Sports Development Committee
New York State Council on the Arts
Chair, Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell
Federal Government
In addition to the federal government’s support for the Third Stage construction, Carnegie Hall has received programmatic support for The Isaac Stern Education Legacy Program, The Carnegie Hall Fellows of the Department of State, Perspectives, and LinkUP!
Senator Charles E. Schumer
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
The National Endowment for the Arts
Chair Dana Gioia
David Freudenthal
Director of Government Relations
Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-903-9660
dfreudenthal@carnegiehall.org