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Yusef Salaam’s outsider campaign prevailed over two New York Assembly members in his first bid for public office

An exonerated member of the "Central Park Five," Yusef Salaam declared victory Wednesday in a Democratic primary race for a New York City Council seat in Harlem. The activist, 49, a father of 10, sees his story of triumph over adversity as the blueprint for his beloved community.

An exonerated member of the "Central Park Five," Yusef Salaam declared victory Wednesday in a Democratic primary race for a New York City Council seat in Harlem. The activist, 49, a father of 10, sees his story of triumph over adversity as the blueprint for his beloved community.

Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated "Central Park Five," has won a Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council, all but assuring him of eventual victory. It's an improbable feat for a political novice who was wrongly accused, convicted and imprisoned as a teenager for the rape and beating of a white jogger in Central Park.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” has won a Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council, all but assuring