Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Envisioning Development

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Policy Public

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Print The Good, Bad, & Unknown

On September 7, 2017, Chancellor Carmen Fariña of the New York City Department of Education (DOE) sent families a letter to introduce the updated Citywide Behavioral Expectations to Support Student Learning (Discipline Code) for students K-12. The letter encouraged families to read a total of 80 pages on disciplinary responses and interventions. What are the standards of student behavior? What are the consequences? Who decides?

In the spring of 2018, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Nupur Mathur and public high school students from the KAPPA International High School in the Bronx to investigate these questions.

Students got out of the classroom to survey their school community on student rights and responsibilities, and interview key DOE staff on school safety. This newspaper is a guide to what students learned about the Discipline Code, how it impacts students and their families, and what it means for the future of their school.

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Envisioning Development

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

Is College For Me?

Public Access Design

Is College For Me?

Weathering the Storm

Technical Assistance

Weathering the Storm

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance