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Creatives Rebuild New York gave 2,400 artists $1,000 monthly for 18 months in a basic income program.
The program aimed to help New York artists financially recover from the pandemic.
Guaranteed income programs are being piloted across the US as an approach to poverty reduction.
Guaranteed basic income allowed Jacinta Bunnell to finally take a deep breath.
The 52-year-old is an artist based in Stone Ridge, New York, an area about 100 miles north of Manhattan. She’s created coloring books, projects using found paper and objects, and a children’s book focused on LGBTQ+ family life called “A More Graceful Shaboom” — along with selling vintage items online. She loves her work, but she often lives paycheck to paycheck.
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