Yusef Salaam, who gained international attention as one of the <a href="https://news.ad-astra.icu/yusef-salaam-central-park-five-member-emerges-victorious-in-city-council-primary.html" title="Yusef Salaam, Central Park Five member, emerges victorious in city council primary”>wrongfully accused teens in the Central Park Five case, has emerged victorious in the Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council.
The Associated Press declared Salaam the winner on Wednesday, after additional votes confirmed his lead.
The 49-year-old Salaam had quickly pulled ahead during the primary election, held on June 27, tallying just more than the 50-percent threshold by the evening’s end.
“I am here because, Harlem, you believed in me,” Salaam told supporters in a victory speech on election day. His closest rival, veteran New York Assembly member Inez Dickens, conceded that same night.
Because of the city’s ranked-choice voting system, the original count was provisional.
Wednesday’s tally — which includes absentee ballots — all but assures the political newcomer of a seat on the city council, representing District 9, the heavily Democratic area of Central Harlem.
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