Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Rent Regulation Rights

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

2010

workshop, exhibit

Thursday, October 21, 2010 7PM

CUP hosted a workshop with the new zoning toolkit, part of the What Is Affordable Housing? MPP. Attendees played with legos and developed activities on FAR, land use, and more!
  • The New Museum
    235 Bowery
    New York, NY

exhibit

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 10AM

CUP was featured in the New Museum’s exhibit, The Last Newspaper. During the exhibit, in which participants were encouraged to actively use the space, CUP’s John Mangin led several public workshops using our toolkits, What Is Affordable Housing? and What Is Zoning?
  • The New Museum
    235 Bowery
    New York, NY

Party

Thursday, September 30, 2010 7PM

Friends and supporters joined CUP for our annual benefit. It was a great evening of conversation, cocktails, and CUP projects!
  • The Old American Can Factory
    232 Third Street
    Brooklyn, NY

workshop

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:30PM

Architects, activists, and developers all agree, affordable housing is complicated.

launch event

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 7:30PM

Fall may be just around the corner, but let’s take it back to the summer of 2010 when 15 high school students came together to tackle a subject that baffles even the most seasoned experts: Community Benefit Agreements, a.k.a …CBAs. Are CBAs the best way to ... more
  • Hostos Community College
    450 Grand Concourse, 3rd Floor
    2/4/5 to 149th Street Grand Concourse

launch event

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7PM

CUP and our Making Policy Public partners hosted a triple-launch event and panel discussion at Bluestockings Bookstore. Each new MPP focuses on a particular vulnerable group – noncitizens, youth, and formerly incarcerated people – and the institutions, ... more
  • Bluestockings
    172 Allen St
    New York, NY

Party

Thursday, August 5, 2010 6PM

CUP hosted an informal get-together with some wine and snacks at our new office space at the Old American Can Factory! We caught up with friends, showed off our new digs and talked about some recent projects.
  • The Old American Can Factory
    232 Third Street #D201
    Brooklyn, NY

screening

Thursday, July 29, 2010 7PM

Bodega Down Bronx was presented by Exit Art and after the screening, CUP Teaching Artist Jonathan Bogarín answered questions alongside representatives from Just Food and Green My Bodega. This program was presented in conjunction with the exhibition CONSUME on view ... more
  • Exit Art
    475 Tenth Avenue (at 36th Street)
    New York, NY

news, award

Monday, June 28, 2010 12PM

CUP’s What Is Affordable Housing? guidebook was recently selected by AIGA, a professional association for graphic designers, for its “50 Books/50 Covers of 2009,” a traveling exhibition that honors outstanding book and cover design.

screening

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 7:30PM

What’s the deal with all those empty lots in East Flatbush? CUP Teaching Artist Douglas Paulson and students from the BCCP’s afterschool program at Walt Whitman Middle School looked deep into the emptiness and investigated hidden uses, ownership patterns, and ... more
  • Anthology Film Archives
    32 Second Avenue
    New York, NY

exhibit

Friday, May 14, 2010 2PM

CUP’s Vendor Power, a Making Policy Public poster explaining the rules and regulations for New York’s street vendors, was showcased in the National Design Triennial’s fourth edition, Why Design Now? The exhibition gathered works from across the design ... more

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

We're Watching

Public Access Design

We're Watching

Rent Regulation Rights

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights

Government in Plain Sight

City Studies

Government in Plain Sight

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?