What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

The Fresh Producers

Urban Investigations

The Fresh Producers

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

Lunchroom Digest

City Studies

Lunchroom Digest

2020

news

We recently teamed up with the Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center (SNP), and design studio 13 milliseconds to create a guide to navigating shelters in the NYC Department of Homeless Services system.

debut presentation

Last week, students from the International Community High School presented to their peers their latest investigative project about the impact of police presence in schools. The students debuted Safe Space?, a teaching tool they developed about the issue, explored the ... more

Party

Be the first to congratulate our 2020 partners – the talented designers who bring public policy to life, and the tireless organizers and advocates who bring it to the people who most need to know – and hear about the exciting new topics. Tuesday, March 10 6:30 ... more

news

We’re thrilled to announce our latest round of Making Policy Public collaborations, selected by our stellar jury! Over the next year we’ll be working with these fierce advocates and designers to create visual explanations of complicated policy issues.

news

Our 2020 cohort of Public Access Design Fellows recently kicked off the Fellowship by diving into CUP’s methodology. After some ice breakers, food, and reflections, Fellows learned about bail reform in New York and came up with strategies for how such a ... more

meet the…

For our latest round of Meet the Designer, CUP’s ongoing series spotlighting our design collaborators, we sat down with design studio L+L!

talk

Last month, CUP’s ED Christine Gaspar and Board Member Inbar Kishoni spoke at Agency: An Architect’s Tools for Civic Engagement, hosted by the AIANY Civic Leadership Program.

We care!

Making Policy Public

We care!

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

City Studies

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

Immigrants & NY

Making Policy Public

Immigrants & NY

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Public Access Design

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Know Your Lines

Making Policy Public

Know Your Lines

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Don't Get Iced

Public Access Design

Don't Get Iced