The NYPD's stop of City Councilman Yusef Salaam has come under scrutiny as Salaam cites it as a need for further police transparency. The stop happened last Friday in Harlem, and Salaam said he was given no reason for it.
Black candidates were a considerable factor in the Democratic Party scoring wins nationally in elections on Tuesday. These included Cherelle Parker becoming Philadelphia's first woman mayor.
Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five, was declared the official winner of his City Council election on Wednesday. The tally from the Board of Elections showed that he won the ranked-choice vote with 64 percent, leading the next challenger by a wide margin.
Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five, won his race for New York City Council on Tuesday by a sizable margin. The justice advocate led two state Assembly members Inez Dickens and Al Taylor as well as incumbent Kristin Richardson Jordan with over 50 percent of the vote according to the initial tallies at the end of the evening.
