Pay Dirt

City Studies

Pay Dirt

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Public Access Design

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Soak It Up!

City Studies

Soak It Up!

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

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.

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Displaced From This Place?

Urban Investigations

Displaced From This Place?

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Urban Investigations

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Can You See My Screen?

Urban Investigations

Can You See My Screen?

Social Security Risk Machine

Making Policy Public

Social Security Risk Machine

Care Aware

City Studies

Care Aware