The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

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Public Access Design

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Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Print Soak It Up!

New York City released a green infrastructure plan in September of 2010 to improve the city’s water quality.  But what are green infrastructures and how will the green infrastructure plan clean up the City’s water?

In the Winter of 2016, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Elma Relihan and Erin Fleischauer’s History classes at the Brooklyn International High School to find out how green infrastructures work.

To investigate, students shared their personal experiences with water, explored green infrastructures along the Gowanus Canal, and interviewed Graeme Daubert of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy to learn more about the history of the city’s water. They created a set of postcards to teach others how green infrastructures make the city like a sponge.

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

Meet the Gun Laws

City Studies

Meet the Gun Laws

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting