What Options Doc?

Urban Investigations

What Options Doc?

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Announcing our new board co-chairs

Announcing our new board co-chairs

Meet our co-chairs! Sabrina Hall and Ariel Fausto bring different backgrounds and perspectives to the CUP board, but both are committed to the power of design to make positive change.

Ariel Fausto is a Principal at the nationally-recognized design firm H3. As a design leader specializing in architecture for the arts, culture and public space, Ariel is interested in design that connects people to the arts, their community and each other.  From Lincoln Center Theater’s new LCT3 to a new maritime museum in Biloxi Mississippi, Ariel spearheads some of the firm’s most ambitious projects.  He studied Environmental Design as an undergraduate at Texas A&M University, and went on to receive a Masters of Architecture from MIT.

Sabrina Hall is a Senior Product Design Manager at Etsy. With a career spanning over fourteen years, she currently teaches at City Tech, and was co-chair of AIGA NY’s Mentoring program. Sabrina is passionate about writing and speaking on accessibility in design, creating opportunities for emerging designers and advocating for equity within the field of design.

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Envisioning Development

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Weathering the Storm

Technical Assistance

Weathering the Storm

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting