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New York City’s newly sworn-in Councilmember Yusef Salaam — one of the exonerated Central Park Five — is set to take over as chair of the council committee overseeing the NYPD, according to City Hall sources.
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams tapped legislative newcomer Yusef Salaam to lead one of the chamber’s most high-profile committees Thursday, but kicked other, left-leaning members off their committee chairs in a move some insiders saw as at least partially aimed at exacting political revenge. Salaam, who was as a teen wrongfully imprisoned for years over a rape he didn’t commit that came ...
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