Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam declares victory in city council primary

Salaam, who was falsely accused along with four others of raping a woman, faced two veteran politicians for Harlem seat in New York

Yusef Salaam, who as a child was part of a group of teenagers wrongly accused, convicted and imprisoned for the rape of a woman jogging in New York's Central Park, has declared victory in a Democratic primary for a city council seat in New York - giving him a very good chance of representing a Harlem district as an elected official.

Salaam faced two veteran politicians, New York state assembly members Al Taylor, 65, and Inez Dickens, 73, in the race for a seat representing part of the majority-Black uptown Manhattan neighborhood. The incumbent, democratic socialist Kristin Richard Jordan, dropped out of the race in May but remained on the ballot.