The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Urban Investigations

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

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.

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Don't Get Iced

Public Access Design

Don't Get Iced

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Displaced From This Place?

Urban Investigations

Displaced From This Place?

Making Change

City Studies

Making Change

Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

The Fresh Producers

Urban Investigations

The Fresh Producers