Lunchroom Digest

City Studies

Lunchroom Digest

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

¡El poder de prepararse!

Public Access Design

¡El poder de prepararse!

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

A Bet on Debt

City Studies

A Bet on Debt

The Who in the Q!

Urban Investigations

The Who in the Q!

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.

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

We Own It

Making Policy Public

The Wait

Urban Investigations

The Wait

Planning for your children's future

Technical Assistance

Planning for your children's future

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Bronx Be Well

Urban Investigations

Bronx Be Well

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza