Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Print Is There A Pattern?

New York City must, by court order, provide temporary shelter to every person who asks. Currently, NYC spends about $1.8 billion a year on shelters, apartments, hotel rooms, and programs.

What is homelessness? How does the shelter system work? How does homelessness impact the City? What is the City’s responsibility?

In the spring of 2019, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Gabriella Coll and public high school students at Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy (KAPPA) International High School in the Bronx to dig deep into the issue of homelessness. To investigate, students wove textiles to depict the cycle of homelessness, surveyed community members, visited a shelter, and interviewed key stakeholders working on the issue. This booklet is a guide to what students learned about homelessness in NYC and their ideas for shaping a different future.

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Who Makes Bail?

Urban Investigations

Who Makes Bail?

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Voice Recognition

Urban Investigations

Voice Recognition

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

The Deciders

City Studies

The Deciders