Published
Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 09:00
- SafeRaveNYC will be at Brooklyn venue House of Yes every first Thursday of the month.
A new harm-reduction organisation focused on keeping nightlife safe in New York is up and running.
SafeRaveNYC will offer numerous products and services, such as peer-led educational programmes, fentanyl and xylazine testing strips, naxolone, materials for safe sex, ear protection and sexual violence prevention. The group aims to partner with events geared towards BIPOC, LQGBTIA+ and 18+ audiences.
Jared Skolnick, the lead coordinator at SafeRaveNYC, told Resident Advisor that he founded the group after leading chapters for health and safety non-profit DanceSafe. He wanted to support the community further by tailoring services specifically to different events.
"DanceSafe does incredible work, but they now have a fairly rigid template for the services they can offer," he said. "Our mission is to provide harm-reduction services in any way that we can. Only a smaller, local-focused organisation can do that."
SafeRaveNYC will host a kiosk at Brooklyn club House of Yes every first Thursday of the month. To learn more about the issues affecting New York nightlife, revisit our feature on the city's fight for harm reduction amid the fentanyl crisis.
Read SafeRaveNYC's Instagram post.
Photo: Jared Skolnick