The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the most famous art museum in New York, and perhaps all of America. For years the Met, which is supposed to be free because the City of New York owns its building, has had a very sneaky way of scamming people out of money. They posted a "recommended" admission fee of $25, without ever clearly stating that the actual amount you had to pay was up to you. Well, after two lawsuits forced the Met to be more forthcoming about its admission fee, the Met found that it was in need of more money. So the Museum is now going to force out-of-state visitors to pay the full $25 fee. New Yorkers will presumably need to produce documentation to prove they are New Yorkers, or else they will have to pay the full fee. But how will this documentation request affect undocumented migrants? Some have drivers' licenses, though not as many as you might think in car-unfriendly New York City. Many don't have documentation... which is why they are called...(Read Full Post)