Displaced From This Place?

Urban Investigations

Displaced From This Place?

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Bottled Up

City Studies

Bottled Up

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

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.

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

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

Public Access Design

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

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

Blunt Conversations

Urban Investigations

Blunt Conversations