Education Rights for Families

Technical Assistance

Education Rights for Families

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

ICEbreaker

City Studies

ICEbreaker

Yours to Keep

Making Policy Public

Yours to Keep

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Print ¡Recuperalo!

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 ¡Recuperalo! (Get It Back!), a spanish language version of the original 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.

Bodega Down Bronx

Urban Investigations

Bodega Down Bronx

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC

Can You See My Screen?

Urban Investigations

Can You See My Screen?

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Soak It Up!

City Studies

Soak It Up!

Sign Up!

Public Access Design

Sign Up!

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

Urban Investigations

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple