Next STEPS was launched as part of the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety, announced by Bill de Blasio in 2014 to turn around anthat help detainees get jobs, find housing, stay off drugs, and reconnect with loved ones once they’re released from Rikers Island.
Prisoner advocates joined Next STEPS providers at Friday’s meeting in slamming the city for programming cuts, saying they harm formerly-incarcerated people, increase the risk of recidivism and don’t make the city safer.Jessy Edwards covers incarceration and public safety. Before working at Gothamist/WNYC, she covered daily and breaking news at NBC New York and Brooklyn news at BK Reader. Got a tip? Email jedwards@nypublicradio.org.
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