What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Social Security Risk Machine

Making Policy Public

Social Security Risk Machine

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

Is Justice For All?

City Studies

Is Justice For All?

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. 

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Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Level Up

City Studies

Level Up

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!