Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Public Access Design

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Swept Up

Urban Investigations

Swept Up

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Child Support?!

Making Policy Public

Child Support?!

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.

Zoning It In...

Urban Investigations

Zoning It In...

Pay Up!

City Studies

Pay Up!

The Who in the Q!

Urban Investigations

The Who in the Q!

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out