Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Urban Investigations

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

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Public Access Design

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Air Fair?

City Studies

Air Fair?

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Voice Recognition

Urban Investigations

Voice Recognition

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

open call

CUP is hiring an intern to start in February of 2021! As a CUP intern, you’ll assist with several projects and learn about CUP’s methods for using design to meet community needs.

talk, event

Please join Minneapolis College of Art and Design on Wednesday, November 18th at 12:00 PM for Slow Burning Fire: Public Engagement with Christine Gaspar and Brooklyn-based artist Hank Willis Thomas.

news, event, workshop

Want to get an inside look at CUP’s Youth Education programs and support more of this work with students?

news

Red Hook Students recently interviewed Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President (and former police officer) to investigate issues of police accountability in their neighborhood! As a part of CUP’s collaboration with students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center and ... more

meet the…

For our latest round of Meet the Designer, CUP’s ongoing series spotlighting our design collaborators, we sat down with designer and teaching artist Kevin Cadena!

news

Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention passed a nationwide moratorium on evictions. The new ban temporarily makes it illegal for landlords across the country to evict tenants for not paying rent. Landlords who try to evict tenants during the ban can be ... more

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the understanding of education in NYC. Schools have been working to make safe environments for their students but unexpected changes and delays have left parents and caregivers struggling to figure out what the school year will ... more

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We’ve kicked off our latest collaboration with the Red Hook Community Justice Center! Thanks to the generous donations of CUP’s supporters, students have been hard at work investigating police accountability in their communities and reimagining what public safety ... more

news, exhibit

We are excited to announce that more than two dozen CUP projects programs are currently featured in Citizenship: A Practice of Society at Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.

meet the…

We’re delighted to announce our latest Public Access Design jury, who will help us select our first Public Access Design collaborations for 2021! This year we are joined by renald Louissaint, Dr. Carole Gothelf, Ting Ting Fu, and Boyeon Choi ... more

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Parents and caregivers who interact with NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the agency responsible for investigating reports of child abuse and neglect, are often unfamliar with their rights, which can result in unnecessary harm to and separation ... more

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

What Up With DAT?

Technical Assistance

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Public Access Design

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The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

Immigrants & NY

Making Policy Public

Immigrants & NY

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

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Care Aware

City Studies

Care Aware