‘Another Kick In the Jewels for the Former President’: Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam Is Now a New York City Council Member, 34 Years After Trump Called for Him to Face Death Penalty
Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” has been elected to the New York City Council. After winning the general election unopposed on Tuesday, Salaam will now represent Harlem on the city council. Running as a Democrat, he handily won the primary back in June, receiving more than 50 percent of the…