Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

We're Watching

Public Access Design

We're Watching

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Is Suspension The Solution?

City Studies

Is Suspension The Solution?

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Urban Investigations

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Print Get It Back!

For most of the 350,000 people arrested in New York City every year, getting arrested is just the beginning of a long and difficult process. Personal property is also taken at the time of arrest, and getting it back depends on how it was categorized by the police. Each category requires a different set of steps, interactions with multiple players in law enforcement, and tight deadlines. The process is frustrating, drawn-out, and confusing, causing many people to give up on getting their property back. To make it worse, there are no published guidelines to help people through this process.

CUP collaborated with The Bronx Defenders and designers L + L to create Get It Back!, a guide that helps New Yorkers who’ve recently been arrested get their stuff back. The illustrated guide breaks down the property seizure and civil forfeiture processes into detailed steps, including what to do when you’re arrested and after you’re released.

Whose Art?

City Studies

Whose Art?

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

The Public School Avengers

Urban Investigations

The Public School Avengers

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Making Policy Public

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú