because i m really proud of what you re doing. darryl rose was arrested for a drug related abuse charge in 2013, served six months in prison. today he s a member of integrity house, a treatment center that i visited earlier this afternoon, determined to become a productive citizen, and he s getting the counselling and support that he needs to achieve his goals and darryl s family is with him every step of the way. so we re very proud of darryl. [ applause ] i don t know if darryl s here. are you here, darryl? ashley sinclair. ashley is here today. where s ashley? there you are. stand up, ashley. [ applause ] ashley spent most of her 21 years on the streets and involved in crime. eventually she decided she wanted something better for herself and joined a program
called project hope, impressed everybody with her work ethic. she earned a place in the newark department of sanitation, and today, instead of getting trouble on the streets, she s earning a paycheck cleaning up those streets. so we are proud of ashley. [ applause ] we want more success stories like these. it s good for everybody. it means less crime. it means less recidivism, it means less money spent on incarceration. it means less wasted taxpayer money. it means police aren t having to arrest the same folks over and over again. it means young people are seeing in their community people who are working. that, in turn, creates economies in those communities that are legal and not just illegal, which creates redevelopment for everybody. and now suddenly businesses have more customers, which means