Politics Nov 07 Exonerated ‘Central Park 5’ member Yusef Salaam wins New York City Council seat By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press
Politics Nov 07 Yusef Salaam, exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member, poised to win NYC council seat The victory will come more than two decades after DNA evidence was used to overturn the convictions of Salaam and four other Black and Latino men in the 1989 rape and beating of a white jogger in Central Park. By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press
Politics Nov 06 What to expect in New York’s 2023 general election New York voters will decide of a variety of races and ballot questions in general elections held across the state Tuesday. At stake are a range of offices including the New York City Council, state Supreme Court, as well as… By Robert Yoon, Associated Press
Politics Jul 03 Watch 6:52 Exonerated member of ‘Central Park Five’ on his historic city council primary win In 1989, Yusef Salaam was one of five teenagers arrested and wrongly imprisoned after the brutal rape of a jogger in New York’s Central Park. They were exonerated in 2002 when DNA evidence linked another person to the crime. Now,… By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura