From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Technical Assistance

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Voters Rule

City Studies

Voters Rule

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Soda Census

City Studies

Soda Census

Government in Plain Sight

City Studies

Government in Plain Sight

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. 

Break it Down!

Making Policy Public

Break it Down!

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City Studies

My ID

Blunt Conversations

Urban Investigations

Blunt Conversations

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

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Public Access Design

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Pay Dirt

City Studies

Pay Dirt

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

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