Councilman Yusef Salaam — one of exonerated Central Park Five — calls for changing public safety laws after 7-year-old girl shot in NYC
Prominent city council member Yousef Salam, one of the acquitted Central Park Five, called for changes to public safety laws in the wake of Monday's shocking Harlem shooting that injured a 7-year-old girl. . The “senseless” possibly gang-related shooting in the Salaam neighborhood is just the latest act of gun violence to hit young people […]
Yusef Salaam flouted rules of the road long before traffic stop
City Council member Yousef Salam, notorious for his cop-bashing, had a long history of traffic violations after a young police officer accused him of driving with overly tinted windows last week. The cop ultimately broke Paul’s break, but many critics don’t believe he deserved it. The Manhattan Democrat has issued five fines and late fee […]
NYC councilman Yusef Salaam — one of the exonerated Central Park 5 — to chair committee overseeing NYPD
New York City's newly sworn-in City Councilman Yousef Salaam, one of the acquitted Central Park Five, will become chairman of the City Council committee that oversees the NYPD, according to City Hall officials. It's planned. Salaam's appointment to the Public Safety Committee is expected to be confirmed Tuesday afternoon as Assembly Speaker Adrian Adams reshuffles […]
Yusef Salaam, exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member, wins seat on NYC Council
Exonerated Central Park Five member Yusef Salam won a seat on the New York City Council on Tuesday, a stunning reversal of fortune decades after he was wrongly imprisoned in a notorious rape case. fulfilled. Salaam, a Democrat, will run unopposed in one of the many local elections held across New York State on Tuesday […]
Yusef Salaam, exonerated member of the ‘Central Park Five,’ wins Democratic primary for seat on NYC council
Youssef Salaam, one of the acquitted “Central Park Five”, won the Democratic primary for the New York City Council elections, all but ensuring a final victory. This is an unlikely feat for a political novice who was falsely accused, convicted and imprisoned of raping and assaulting a white jogger in Central Park as a teenager. […]
Yusef Salaam Declares Victory in NYC Primary
(LR) Three of the five men wrongfully convicted of raping a woman in Central Park in 1989, Raymond Santana, Youssef Salaam and Kevin Richardson, were named “The Raymond Santana,” Yusef Salaam, and Kevin Richardson speak at a press conference at the feet of city hall after it was announced that they had committed the crime. […]
Central Park 5 Yusef Salaam scores cross endorsement in Harlem council race
Two Democratic candidates vying for the same seat on the Harlem City Council, Youssef Salaam and Rep. Al Taylor, gave their mutual support every Tuesday based on a new ranked selective voting system. The move benefits Salaam, who has gained fame as one of the acquitted defendants in the Central Park 5 rape case by […]
