Carbon City

City Studies

Carbon City

We care!

Making Policy Public

We care!

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Thank you to our outgoing board chair, David Smiley!

Thank you to our outgoing board chair, David Smiley!

Just before Covid struck, our board chair let us know he planned to step down soon. Two months later, we were in full quarantine mode, and he very generously agreed to stay on longer to help us navigate the pandemic and put our new leadership structure in place.

So we would like to extend our endless gratitude to our long-serving, endlessly cheerleading, #1superfan and supporter, and Board Chair, David Smiley, who is stepping down after 13 years as a board member.

It’s hard to imagine CUP being where it is today without David’s presence at almost every public event and his unfailing passion for our mission. He and his partner, Lauren Kogod, have supported CUP in profound ways since its inception 20 years ago. We are so grateful to them both. We hope you’ll join us later this Spring in honoring David’s service to CUP and sending him off with a proper celebration.

In the meantime, all of us on the CUP staff and board thank you, David, for all you’ve done for CUP. We wouldn’t be the same without you.

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

Making Policy Public

Pinned Down? Rise Up!