"We have a very large endowment and campaign fund. Those options were not looked into. Our top priority is saving as many jobs as possible. Our main message is to chop from the top."
"We're here on behalf of the people who put us here, and who need to know that their government is accountable to them, and that we, their representatives, will ask questions and investigate discrepancies on their behalf," said District 2 Councilor Sameer Kanal.
The university said it selected the international law firm K&L Gates last summer to review 'allegations and concerns' regarding the school. Over more than seven months, the review team analyzed hundreds of thousands of documents and interviewed dozens of people.
Derek Tierney, who was assistant secretary general at the Department of Health overseeing areas such as health building construction, has been appointed to take over its running for seven years after the end of Mr Watt's term.
The new webpage, entitled 'How have objects come to be in the V&A?', points out that for some objects, their journeys have involved known histories of violence, coercion or injustice, while for others there remains uncertainty over exactly how they came to be here.
For decades now, Americans have been told that we should trust the system. But our children are sicker, chronic disease is exploding, and the answers that we have been given aren't working.
John Kaehny has written and successfully lobbied for the passage of state and New York City laws related to government transparency and accountability, including the first open data law in the world in 2012.
The more than 3 million pages of documents include accusations by alleged victims of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's abuse and thousands of emails and photos showing Epstein associated with prominent figures.