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Exonerated Central Park 5 member Yusef Salaam celebrates City Council win

In the city that convicted him and put him behind bars in an infamous rape case, an exonerated member of the Central Park Five is now one of its lawmakers. Yusef Salaam won Central Harlem's City Council seat Tuesday. CBS New York's Jessi Mitchell spoke with him Wednesday about his remarkable turnaround and his goals at City Hall. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3MxjeuY
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