Yusef Salaam, one of the 'Central Park Five,' has announced his candidacy for City Council representing Harlem. He recently spoke about his ambitions with mauriceduboistv.
is one of the"Exonerated Five," as they are now known, the teenagers who were wrongly convicted of raping a woman in Central Park in 1989.Salaam, who spent seven years behind bars, is running in Council District 9, representing the heart of
"Oh, my goodness, it is, you know, and not only that, I think to have your name restored, to have your family's name restored," Salaam said.'You have a hole that can't be filled': Yusef Salaam reveals pain after going from"Central Park Five" to"Exonerated Five""We're definitely looking at housing, and affordable housing, at that. We're looking at safety. We're looking at mental health.
"Are you going to try to propose that, try to make that happen? You've got to live, say in Harlem, if you're a Harlem cop?"
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