NYPD bodycam shows police officer pull over NYC city council member Yusef Salaam, 1 of exonerated members of the Central Park Five | #citycouncil
NEW YORK — The New York Police Department has released body cam video of an officer pulling over New York City Councilman Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated members of the Central Park Five. It happened Friday night in Harlem. The officer ended the stop after Salaam identified himself as a city councilman. Salaam says […]
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City Councilmember Yusef Salaam says he won’t participate in NYPD ride-along after being pulled over in Harlem | #citycouncil
NEW YORK – Mayor Eric Adams is continuing his effort to get some City Council members to support his veto of the controversial How Many Stops Act. The measure is intended to increase police transparency by requiring NYPD officers to document any encounter they have for investigative purposes, including the apparent race, gender and age […]
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NYC council member and Central Park Five exoneree says he was unjustifiably pulled over by police | #citycouncil
New York City council member Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated Central Park Five, says he was unjustly pulled over by police while driving with his family in Harlem on Friday night. Mr Salaam said in a statement that the NYPD officer refused to explain why he had been pulled over, and that he was […]
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NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams shakes up committee chairs in move some members see as retribution | #citycouncil
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams tapped legislative newcomer Yusef Salaam to lead one of the chamber’s most high-profile committees Thursday, but kicked other, left-leaning members off their committee chairs as part of a shakeup some insiders saw as at least partially aimed at exacting political revenge. Salaam, who was as a teen wrongfully imprisoned for […]
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Harlem’s Yusef Salaam celebrates City Council victory | #citycouncil
NEW YORK – Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam officially won Central Harlem’s City Council seat Tuesday night. Salaam ran unopposed in the general election, but he tells CBS New York’s Jessi Mitchell this victory is especially sweet. “It’s one thing to run for office, and it’s a completely different thing to win,” Salaam said, smiling. […]
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