 In 1999, the Brooklyn Museum of Art (also known as Institute of Arts and Sciences) planned to host the Charles Saatchi exhibition "Sensation", which featured controversial art works by the Young British Artists.The museum was an independent organization which leased property from New York City, and received $7.2m a year in operational funding from the city, as well as other grants.Mayor Rudy Giuliani objected to the exhibition on grounds of decency and taste, and withdrew the public funding from the museum and moved to break the lease on the ground that the museum wasn't following its mandate.