Between 2002 and 2004 , Slaff conducted and authored two research studies documenting the impact of the September 11 attacks on the arts sector and the livelihoods of individual artists , those both self-employed and employed by others . The surveys were distributed primarily through professional organizations and labor unions . The first survey was conducted by the Government Outreach Committee of DowntownNYC ! on behalf of the New York Foundation for the Arts , in conjunction with the Consortium For Worker Education . The second survey was conducted solely by DowntownNYC ! The surveys were the first attempt to assess the economic impact of September 11 on artists . This impact been masked by other events until the survey results were released . The surveys revealed that the cultural sector was as severely affected as the travel and airline industries . Nevertheless , governmental and institutional recovery efforts had not contributed to the arts sector , and weaknesses in the cultural economy had caused some artists to start doing other work , and caused others to move elsewhere . The surveys inspired a series of later investigations into weaknesses in the arts and cultural economy in New York City . Slaff lives in Greenwich Village with his family . He is married to actress Shirley Curtin and has a daughter named Julia
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Jonathan Slaff