‘Central Park Five’ member Yusef Salaam wins New York City Council seat


Yusef Salaam, who was wrongly imprisoned and later exonerated as part of the ‘Central Park Five,’ was elected to the New York City Council on Tuesday.
Yusef Salaam, the author and activist who was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated as a member of the “Central Park Five,” has won a seat on the New York City Council, The Associated Press projects. Salaam ran unopposed after winning the Democratic primary in the city’s 9th District in a landslide. The district extends from the…