Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Swipe Out

Urban Investigations

Swipe Out

From Cellblock to Your Block

Urban Investigations

From Cellblock to Your Block

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

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.

We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

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Public Access Design

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Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Policy Public

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York