Fast Trash

City Studies

Fast Trash

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Don't Get Iced

Public Access Design

Don't Get Iced

¡El poder de prepararse!

Public Access Design

¡El poder de prepararse!

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

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.

Is College For Me?

Public Access Design

Is College For Me?

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Envisioning Development

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Urban Investigations

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

What Options Doc?

Urban Investigations

What Options Doc?

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights