Dave Kotinsky/GettyAn exonerated “Central Park Five” member, who was wrongly imprisoned for almost seven years as a teenager as a result of a rape case, was set to win a seat on the New York City Council on Tuesday. Yusef Salaam will represent a central Harlem district as a Democrat after running unopposed, in part due to his overwhelming victory in the primaries. Salaam has vowed to combat poverty and gentrification in Harlem. While campaigning, he said, “I am really the ambassador for everyone
Yusef Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teens who were wrongly imprisoned for raping a jogger in 1989 before their convictions were overturned in 2002.
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