My ID

City Studies

My ID

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Know Your Lines

Making Policy Public

Know Your Lines

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Museumopolis

Urban Investigations

Museumopolis

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

Thank you to our outgoing board chair, David Smiley!

Thank you to our outgoing board chair, David Smiley!

Just before Covid struck, our board chair let us know he planned to step down soon. Two months later, we were in full quarantine mode, and he very generously agreed to stay on longer to help us navigate the pandemic and put our new leadership structure in place.

So we would like to extend our endless gratitude to our long-serving, endlessly cheerleading, #1superfan and supporter, and Board Chair, David Smiley, who is stepping down after 13 years as a board member.

It’s hard to imagine CUP being where it is today without David’s presence at almost every public event and his unfailing passion for our mission. He and his partner, Lauren Kogod, have supported CUP in profound ways since its inception 20 years ago. We are so grateful to them both. We hope you’ll join us later this Spring in honoring David’s service to CUP and sending him off with a proper celebration.

In the meantime, all of us on the CUP staff and board thank you, David, for all you’ve done for CUP. We wouldn’t be the same without you.

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

City Studies

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

Rent Regulation Rights

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting