The Internet is Serious Business
Urban Investigations
Store Stories
City Studies
Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tu
Making Policy Public
Social Security Risk Machine
Making Policy Public
Common Cents
City Studies
What Is Affordable Housing?
Envisioning Development
Launch event
launch event
Thursday, April 4, 2013 7PM
From the days of Tammany to the era of TiVo, New Yorkers always had to make do with cramped living conditions. Many see micro-apartments as a way to fix to New York’s housing crunch. However, others worry that these snug accommodations serve only a narrow group. ... more- Tenement Museum
103 Orchard St, 2nd fl
New York, NY
F/J/M/Z to Delancey-Essex St, B/D to Grand St
launch event
Launch Event for “Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú”
Remás and CUP presented our new Making Policy Public “Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú” to the Si Se Puede women’s housecleaning cooperative in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
launch event
Monday, March 18, 2013 7:15PM
At almost any New York City bodega, you can quick-draw, scratch, or mega-million your way towards million dollar jackpots. Thousands of New Yorkers play the lottery every day. But how does the lottery really work? Who is playing, and where does all the money go? Who wins and ... more- Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue (at Second Street)
New York, NY
F to 2nd Avenue
launch event
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7PM
The issue of “fracking” is all over the news. But what is fracking? Who wants to do it? And how could stuff in rocks upstate affect people who live in East Coast cities? Join us for the launch of the latest installment from our Making Policy Public poster series: ... more- The Cooper Union
Rose Auditorium
41 Cooper Square, Lower Level
on Third Avenue (btwn 6th & 7th streets)
launch event
Thursday, September 13, 2012 7PM
Who decides where supermarkets go? Does the Bronx have enough supermarkets? Does it matter? This summer, CUP collaborated with teaching artist Hatuey Ramos-Fermín and a group of Bronx public high school students from CUNY College Now at Hostos Community College to ... more- New York University
35 W. 4th Street, Room 1080
launch event
Monday, July 23, 2012 7PM
New York City has public high schools with every imaginable theme, a dizzying array of application requirements, and charter schools galore. Choosing from one of NYC’s over 400 public high schools can be a real task. How do you decide where you go to school? And ... more- Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street
New York, NY
E/M to Fifth Avenue/53rd Street
B/D/F/M to Rockefeller Center
launch event
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:45PM
Where does NYC’s electricity come from? People were buzzing about the debut public presentation of Power Trip, CUP’s Urban Investigation about New York City’s electricity infrastructure. To get to the power source, CUP, teaching artist ... more- Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue (at 2nd St)
New York, NY
F to 2nd Avenue
launch event
On June 8th students from the Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice in Borough Park presented “Boom Town.” For this City Studies project 9th graders in an English Language Arts class worked with CUP teaching artist Ellie Irons to look at noise issues in ... more
launch event
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7PM
Will you be ready if a disaster strikes? What about your neighborhood? Who’s responsible for making a plan for your community? While government officials have a city-wide plan, and plenty of advice to share with individuals, there’s not much out there on ... more- the American Red Cross in Greater New York
520 West 49th St (between 10th & 11th Aves)
New York, NY
launch event
Friday, February 10, 2012 12:20PM
Students from Mr. Sandoval’s 9th Grade U.S. History class who helped to create a “Field Guide to Federalism” presented it to their peers at the Academy of Urban Planning. To create the booklet students hit the streets of Bushwick with teaching artist ... moreParty, launch event
Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:30PM
On January 19th we celebrated the launch of our new website. Check out photos from the event here.- CUP HQ
232 Third Street #D201
Brooklyn, NY
launch event
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 7PM
On Tuesday, September 6, we debuted Share, Where?, CUP’s most recent Urban Investigation. An intrepid group of Bronx public high school students in the College Now program at Hostos Community College teamed up with CUP to find out how NYC decides where to put the ... more- The Savoy
at Hostos Community College
120 East 149 Street, 2nd Floor
(at Walton Avenue)
Bronx, NY
