A local advocate is continuing to call out New York City cultural institutions, including the popular Bronx Zoo, for not providing more free admission days —
By Emily Swanson and amNY StaffSign up for ourA local advocate is continuing to call out New York City cultural institutions, including the popular
In the meantime, the Bronx Zoo and other institutions are benefiting from residents’ tax money without returning the favor, according to Nicholson. “They’re just doing what the contract lets them do.”for its 125th anniversary. Over its many years, who controls the zoo has become a complicated question.
The report cited the 1895 Act that established the New York Zoological Society , which changed its name to WCS in 1998. Thein 1987 stated that its primary goal was “the establishment of a free zoological park containing collections of North American and exotic animals, for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public, the zoologist, the sportsman and every lover of nature.”
Since then, the state law has not changed, so three free days should have again become the law of the land, according to Nicholson.to extend one-day free admission, offered another explanation. His office said in an email to the Bronx Times that although his bill introduced in the 2019-2020 session remained in committee and was never signed into law, an equivalent extension of the one-free-day policy was passed into the state budget that year.
But on Wednesdays, advance registration is required, is limited to four tickets and does not include all zoo attractions. Wednesday visitors receive “limited admission” for free but must pay $17.95 for access to all exhibits and attractions.
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