I'm not saying this is true, but here's another report that seems more plausible:
"According to my source (the same source that was first to break the news that
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was happening), the series would follow the pattern already established by
Star Trek: Picard and basically be
Star Trek: Sisko. Cirroc Lofton, who played Ben Sisko’s son Jake on
DS9, would co-star in the show along with Avery Brooks back as Sisko. No one else from the original
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cast is expected to be involved at all, at least not in the show’s first season. It’s worth noting that our source says: “CBS does not want Lofton to be part of it, yet Brooks is adamant that he will not do the show without him.
.....
CBS is still in early, early development on
Star Trek: Sisko and there are a couple of big obstacles in the way of making it a reality. Our source tells us the biggest is Avery Brooks who is 72-years-old, long since retired, and not really interested in acting anymore. The suits at
CBS are talking to him anyway and they believe that by making the show about racial injustice and the relationship between Star Trek’s first black Captain and his now grown son, they can get Brooks involved. These are themes Avery Brooks cares deeply about and making the show dedicated to pushing a specific message about racial inequality is really the only way they believe can get Brooks involved.
The other big obstacle here is
Star Trek: Picard,
which underperformed in its first season. The ratings weren’t good and before CBS is willing to greenlight
Star Trek: Sisko they’re going to wait and see if the ratings for
Picard improve in season 2. They’re optimistic about that and if there’s a strong uptick in
Picard’s ratings, then expect to hear more about them moving forward with
Star Trek: Sisko."
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/e...rks-at-cbs-not-a-deep-space-nine-revival.html