Meet the Commission
In October 2020, members were appointed to a new commission to oversee the creation of a memorial honoring the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The commission includes members of Justice Ginsburg's family, former clerks, and leaders from the arts and advocacy communities. The commission will make a final recommendation among the finalists to Governor Kathy Hochul, who will announce a winning artist to design, fabricate, and install the artwork.
The commission comprised of 15 members appointed by the Governor include:
- Jane Ginsburg: Daughter of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Professor at Columbia Law School
- Clara Spera: Granddaughter of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Mimi Ginsburg: Granddaughter of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Constance Beaty, Artist and Portraitist for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Irin Carmon, Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine and Co-Author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Jodie Cohen, Principal of James Madison High School
- Subash Iyer: Partner, Kaplan Kirsch LLP, and Former Clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Shana Knizhnik: Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU and Co-Author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Gillian Metzger, Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law at Columbia University and Former Clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Trevor Morrison: Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at New York University School of Law and Former Clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Clerk
- Anne Pasternak: Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum
- Yvonne Pritchett, New York City Department of Corrections
- William Savitt: Partner, Litigation at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Former Clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Susana Torruella Leval, Director Emerita of El Museo del Barrio
- Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent at NPR
Budget
The budget for the memorial will be made up of a combination of state funds and private donations. The state has committed $1 million to the project to cover capital costs, and a final budget of $1 million to $2 million dollars (inclusive of state funds and private donations) is anticipated.
The final budget will cover the total cost of designing, fabricating, and installing the artwork, in addition to landscaping costs; and as a condition of an award, an agreement will be executed to assure design, fabrication, and installation is consistent with the selected design proposal and in coordination with Brooklyn Bridge Park where the artwork will be located.