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Money issues may sink proposed New Jersey branch of acclaimed Paris museum. Mayor blames politics
4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 3:42 PM CDTJERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey officials say financial concerns spurred state lawmakers to rescind $24 million in funding for a planned outpost of Paris’ acclaimed Pompidou Center in Jersey City. But the city's mayor said he believes his deteriorating relationship with Gov. Phil Murphy led to the decision.
Centre Pompidou x Jersey City was to be built on the site of a gutted industrial building, not far from where the Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor. At the time, it was seen as a way to attract tourists and New Yorkers into Jersey City's rapidly developing Journal Square neighborhood — an area that historically hasn't been widely visited but is an easy train ride from Lower Manhattan.
The satellite museum would have been the French museum’s first venture in North America.
While both the city and state agreed $176 million in construction costs would be fully funded by public money, they disagreed about the annual operating budget. The city said $19 million in annual expenses would be covered by ticketing, venue rentals, donations and a proposed tax on new buildings in the area. But the state viewed that amount as a regular deficit.
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