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Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Don't Get Iced

Public Access Design

Don't Get Iced

H2 Oh No!

Technical Assistance

H2 Oh No!

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

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.

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

The Public School Avengers

Urban Investigations

The Public School Avengers

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

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What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA