Councilman Yusef Salaam is becoming chair of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, according to four sources with knowledge of the appointment. It marks the continuation of the Harlem Democrat’s remarkable rise from exonerated member of the “Central Park 5” to lawmaker who was elected last year. Chairing the Public Safety Committee, the scene of some of the most heated hearings in the .
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