Yusef Salaam, Central Park Five Member, Wins NYC Council Primary

First-time candidates Chris Banks and Yusef Salaam appear to have won Democratic primary races in Harlem and Brownsville, respectively, defeating long-time leaders in those neighborhoods. Banks is leading Councilmember Charles Barron in Brownsville, while Salaam, who was exonerated in the Central Park Five case, is ahead of Assemblymember Inez Dickens in Harlem. The results are preliminary, and not all votes have been counted yet. In South Brooklyn, Susan Zhuang secured the Democratic nomination for a newly drawn majority-Asian district, while Ying Tang appears to have secured the Republican nomination, setting up a competitive general election.