Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Puff Puff Passed

Urban Investigations

Puff Puff Passed

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Get It Back!

Public Access Design

Get It Back!

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Technical Assistance

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

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. 

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

Public Access Design

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

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

Pay Dirt

City Studies

Pay Dirt

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

Urban Investigations

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?