Don't Get Iced

Public Access Design

Don't Get Iced

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

Child Support?!

Making Policy Public

Child Support?!

Carbon City

City Studies

Carbon City

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

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.

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Zoning It In...

Urban Investigations

Zoning It In...

I Got Arrested! Now What?

Making Policy Public

I Got Arrested! Now What?

Now Boarding

Urban Investigations

Now Boarding

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Is College For Me?

Public Access Design

Is College For Me?

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Urban Investigations

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal