Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

Blunt Conversations

Urban Investigations

Blunt Conversations

¡El poder de prepararse!

Public Access Design

¡El poder de prepararse!

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Food Stamped

City Studies

Food Stamped

Announcing our 2019 Making Policy Public collaborations

Announcing our 2019 Making Policy Public collaborations

Over the past year you’ve joined us in celebrating the tenth anniversary of our popular program, Making Policy Public. From an exhibit at The Drawing Center to the launch of several new tools for communities across the city, we’re honored to have collaborated with so many incredible community partners and designers.

We’re thrilled to announce the 2019 round of Making Policy Public issues and look forward to working with these teams over the next year!

Increasing civic engagement for incarcerated people and their families
Designers: Karl Orozco and Tahnee Pantig
Advocate: Alliance of Families for Justice

The right to counsel for tenants facing eviction in NYC
Designers: Chelsea Atwell, Hanah Ho, and Ida Woldemichael
Advocate: Housing Court Answers

Risk Assessment Instruments and their effect on mass incarceration
Designers: Two-N
Advocate: JustLeadershipUSA

E-carceration: the effect of in-home electronic monitoring devices on mass criminalization
Designers: Shreyas R Krishnan and Kruttika Susarla
Advocate: Freedom to Thrive (formerly Enlace)

Special thanks to our stellar jury who selected this year’s projects. Click here to learn more about the project teams and issues!

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC

The Who in the Q!

Urban Investigations

The Who in the Q!

Fast Trash

City Studies

Fast Trash