Field Guide to Federalism

City Studies

Field Guide to Federalism

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

Education Rights for Families

Technical Assistance

Education Rights for Families

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Envisioning Development

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

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.

If You Can Make It Here...

Urban Investigations

If You Can Make It Here...

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Soda Census

City Studies

Soda Census

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Urban Investigations

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

The Fresh Producers

Urban Investigations

The Fresh Producers

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Immigrants & NY

Making Policy Public

Immigrants & NY