$ Breakdown

Urban Investigations

$ Breakdown

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

Bottled Up

City Studies

Bottled Up

We Are Public Housing

Making Policy Public

We Are Public Housing

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Print Free For All?

On April 12, 2017, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a free college tuition bill into law. The Excelsior Scholarship makes the City and State Universities of New York tuition-free, but only for qualifying students. Students that are part time, undocumented, or whose families make over $125,000 per year are not eligible. Should college be free for everyone? 

In the winter of 2018, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Gabe Gordon and Yadira Echevarria’s internship class at the international Community High School (ICHS) in the Bronx to find out. To investigate, students got out of the classroom and into the realm of higher education to survey educators and school staff on the value of a degree and the possible hidden costs of education. What are the different types of academic degrees? How much does higher education actually cost? Who decides?

Students created the newspaper Free For All? to teach others what they learned and to help students navigate their higher education options. 

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Don't Trash NYC!

Public Access Design

Don't Trash NYC!

We care!

Making Policy Public

We care!

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up