Vendor Power!

Making Policy Public

Vendor Power!

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Print From Cellblock to Your Block

In March 2017, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio pledged to close the Rikers Island jail complex within 10 years and introduced plans to build four new “borough-based” jails in the city. Who decides where jails get built? How do jails impact surrounding neighborhoods? What are the impacts of jails on the incarcerated, their families, and their communities?

In the spring of 2018, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Stephen Kwok and public high school students from Life Sciences Secondary School to investigate these questions.

Students created public art interventions, surveyed community members near the Manhattan Detention Complex, and interviewed key stakeholders working on the issue. This booklet is a guide to what they discovered.

Can You See My Screen?

Urban Investigations

Can You See My Screen?

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

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Public Access Design

Sign Up!

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Public Access Design

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Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York