Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

H2 Oh No!

Technical Assistance

H2 Oh No!

Bronx Be Well

Urban Investigations

Bronx Be Well

The Cargo Chain

Making Policy Public

The Cargo Chain

Up Closed and Personal

Urban Investigations

Up Closed and Personal

What Is Mandatory Inclusionary Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Mandatory Inclusionary Housing?

Print Swept Up

In April 2016, the NYPD raided two Eastchester housing complexes in the Bronx and arrested 120 people. Despite descriptions as the “largest gang takedown in New York City history,” over half the arrestees were never even charged as gang members. How did this all happen? Criminal Conspiracy Laws—originally used to bring down organized crime like the mafia—are being used by NYPD to police youth and charge them with “gang involvement”, simply because of who they know. For many low-income teens of color, basic activities like having friends in one’s neighborhood, are used to justify arrest at alarming rates.

What are criminal conspiracy laws? What’s the NYPD gang database? How do these laws and police practices impact local communities?

In the summer of 2019, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Ro Garrido and students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn to dig deep into criminal conspiracy laws and their impact on local community members, interview stakeholders working on the issue, and create art to show what they learned. The group teamed up with Designer Marcela Szwarc and created the booklet, Swept Up, to educate others and help them get involved in the issue.

Learn more about the project here!

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Step Right Up

City Studies

Step Right Up

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

City Studies

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

Rent Regulation Rights

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights