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He has gone from prison to exoneration and now to elected office.

Salaam was one of the five young men wrongfully imprisoned for the 1989 assault and rape of a woman in Central Park.

Yusef Salaam was one of five defendants found guilty in the 1989 Central Park rape case that had the likes of Donald Trump calling for the death penalty. Years after being exonerated for the heinous crime, Salaam will likely become the next councilman for a New York City neighborhood

Yusef Salaam, the exonerated "Central Park Five" defendant, touts himself as an activist and family man.

Falsely imprisoned as one of the “Central Park Five,” Yusef Salaam will likely become Harlem’s next city council member. His top antagonist, Donald Trump, is likely heading to prison.

A vacant Harlem City Council seat and a newly-created Brooklyn district are up for vote in Tuesday's primary.

City residents have a final chance to go to the polls Tuesday to choose their party candidates in primary elections for district attorneys in Queens and the Bronx, the City Council and judgeships.

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more.

A Lawrence man who was originally charged with rape and kidnapping pleaded no contest on Friday to a low-level felony as part of a plea agreement in which the s

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