Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Bodega Down Bronx

Urban Investigations

Bodega Down Bronx

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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.

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

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Public Access Design

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Zoning It In...

Urban Investigations

Zoning It In...

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Rent Regulation Rights

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights