the 1980s budget negotiations became a full-fledged ballet in the 1990s. Between 1980 and 2007, there were only two years when the proposed Executive Budget and the Adopted Budget for the Department of Cultural Affairs were the same. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn jointly announced a preliminary budget for 2008 that established a new base level of funding for cultural organizations. In addition, the administration brought new reforms to the city’s approach to cultural funding. The agency increased its competitive Cultural Development Fund nearly tenfold to $30 million to support non-CIG organizations. Member organizations American Museum of Natural History The Bronx County Historical Society The Bronx Museum of the Arts Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Children's Museum Brooklyn Museum Carnegie Hall Flushing Town Hall Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning The Metropolitan Museum of Art El Museo del Barrio Museum of Jewish Heritage Museum of the City of New York Museum of the Moving Image The New York Botanical Garden New York City Center New York Hall of Science The New York Public Theater New York State Theater: New York City Ballet New York City Opera MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Queens Botanical Garden Queens Museum of Art Queens Theatre in the Park Snug Harbor Cultural Center Staten Island Botanical Garden Staten Island Children's Museum Staten Island Historical Society Staten Island Museum Staten Island Zoological Society The Studio Museum in Harlem Wave Hill Weeksville Heritage Center Wildlife Conservation Society: Bronx Zoo New York Aquarium References External links Official Website Culture of New York City