What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

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.

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

We Own It

Making Policy Public

Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!

Displaced From This Place?

Urban Investigations

Displaced From This Place?