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
Open School of Journalism state agency for distance education. The curriculum can be personalized by selecting course modules based on the student’s prior experience and occupational objectives. The course offers modules in the following areas: Open School of Journalism The Open School of Journalism is an independent journalism school with branches in Berlin and New York City. OSJ is a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), the International Communication Association (ICA, sections "Journalism Studies" and "Public Relations"), and the Journalism Education Association (JEA). OSJ offers a distance and online program in journalism with a recommended duration of one