Museum of the City of New York the incoming administration of Michael Bloomberg, which decided to use the Courthouse as the headquarters for the new New York City Department of Education, causing MCNY's then-director Robert R. McDonald to tender his resignation. McDonald was replaced in 2002 by Susan Henshaw Jones, who was at the time the president of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. There was also an attempt to merge the museum with the New-York Historical Society, which did not come to fruition, and the museum was passed over for space at Ground Zero. The Museum's former director, Susan Henshaw Jones, recommitted MCNY to its
Newseum (The Freedom Forum established by Al Neuharth), has stated that the museum has had losses for several years, which has led to some controversial proposals to set things right. The issues, in part, reach back to the Washington location's construction, which had significant cost overruns. In August 2017, the Newseum's president, Jeffrey Herbst, resigned in the face of its difficulties. In February 2018, The Washington Post reported that the Newseum was exploring the sale of its building or a move. The Freedom Forum stated to the Washington Post that it had been financing over $20 million a year in continued