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Yusef Salaam, the author and activist wrongly convicted and imprisoned as a member of the “Central Park Five,” has won a seat on the New York City Council, The Associated Press reports.
Salaam, a Democrat who won his primary by a landslide, will sit on the City Council representing a central Harlem district when he takes office next year. He
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