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N.Y.'s Met Museum Projects $150 Million Shortfall, Lays Off 81 Employees

One of New York City's biggest tourist attractions and the U.S.' largest art museum says that it has revised its budget shortfall projection — some $50 million greater than just a month ago.
The Metropolitan Museum on Mar. 13, the first day it was closed due to the coronavirus.

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art says that it now expects its budget shortfall to be much worse than previously predicted. On — a third larger than it announced just a month ago.

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