Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

¡El poder de prepararse!

Public Access Design

¡El poder de prepararse!

From Cellblock to Your Block

Urban Investigations

From Cellblock to Your Block

Now Boarding

Urban Investigations

Now Boarding

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.

New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

We're Watching

Public Access Design

We're Watching

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Making Policy Public

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?