Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

The Wait

Urban Investigations

The Wait

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

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.

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Public Access Design

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

The Public School Avengers

Urban Investigations

The Public School Avengers

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

City Studies

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

City Studies

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage