One of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s promised changes to the DA’s office was an overhaul of the alternatives-to-incarceration program, which Bragg has described as a way to reduce recidivism while also helping people in need.

To lead the program, newly christened the Pathways for Public Safety Division, Bragg hired Sherene Crawford, a former Manhattan ADA who most recently served in a leadership role at the Center for Court Innovation.