 In 1978, Mayor Edward I. Koch took office as the city began to climb out of its fiscal crisis.He agreed that the seven newer organizations and the New York State Theater should receive regular city support for operating expenses.And seven cultural organizations would also begin to receive this category of support including Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1981; Museum of the Moving Image, 1982; MoMA PS1, 1982; The New York Public Theater, 1982; New York City Center, 1981; Staten Island Botanical Garden, 1983; and Carnegie Hall, 1986.