Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

Snack Attack

City Studies

Snack Attack

Vendor Power!

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Vendor Power!

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Get Support in Housing Court

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Get Support in Housing Court

Students Spring into New Investigations!

Students Spring into New Investigations!

In the past several weeks, CUP launched two Urban Investigations with students to explore social justice issues impacting New Yorkers.

CUP and Teaching Artist Hugo Rojas are collaborating with students from the Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice to investigate parole and its impact on New Yorkers. What’s the difference between parole and probation? How many people are impacted by these systems and how could things be different? 

Over the next several weeks students will interview directly involved individuals, elected officials, public defenders, people working in the system, and members of their communities. Through collaborative filmmaking techniques, students will explore the issue and record what they learn to produce a video documentary. Stay tuned for more updates!

CUP and Teaching Artist Chaparro are collaborating with students from the High School for Climate Justice to explore the issue of flooding streets and subways. Why do NYC streets and subways stations flood?  How do these floods impact New Yorkers? How can we work towards a greener future? 

To explore this issue, students will interview stakeholders and members of their community, engage in collaborative artmaking, and create a final printed project that explains what they learned. Check out some images of students in action as they learned how to marble paper, make styrofoam prints, and map their neighborhood!

Lotto Zone

Urban Investigations

Lotto Zone

Rent Regulation Rights

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Urban Investigations

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

The Internet is Serious Business

Urban Investigations

The Internet is Serious Business