Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

City Studies

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

What Options Doc?

Urban Investigations

What Options Doc?

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Draw the line!

Technical Assistance

Draw the line!

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.

Snack Attack

City Studies

Snack Attack

¡No me han pagado!

Public Access Design

¡No me han pagado!

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Is Justice For All?

City Studies

Is Justice For All?

Swipe Out

Urban Investigations

Swipe Out

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

H2 Oh No!

Technical Assistance

H2 Oh No!