Governor Eliot Spitzer signed into effect a new bill that will help artists actually live in the neighborhoods they helped change from gritty to glamorous. The bill makes artists eligible for grants of a few thousand to $20,000. A single artist can apply for a grant of up to $12,000 to subsidy his or her work over a two-year period, and groups of artists can apply for up to $20,000 in grant money for live-work space in neighborhoods where they previously could not have afforded.

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