Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Don't Get Iced

Public Access Design

Don't Get Iced

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Step Right Up

City Studies

Step Right Up

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

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.

A Bet on Debt

City Studies

A Bet on Debt

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

I Got Arrested! Now What?

Making Policy Public

I Got Arrested! Now What?

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA