Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Snack Attack

City Studies

Snack Attack

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.

We're Watching

Public Access Design

We're Watching

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Sign Up!

Public Access Design

Sign Up!

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

Public Access Design

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

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Public Access Design

Housing Court Help

Public Access Design

Housing Court Help