Jessi Mitchell is the anchor of CBS News Roundup, airing weekdays starting at 1 am ET/10 pm PT. She also contributes to CBS News broadcasts on all platforms as a reporter. Salaam ran unopposed in the ...

Yusef Salaam, an exonerated Central Park Five member, won a seat on the New York City Council and now represents the central Harlem district. On Nov. 7, Yusef Salaam, an exonerated Central Park Five ...

On the night of April 19, 1989, 15-year-old Yusef Salaam’s dreams of being a hip-hop star would fade into the distance. Salaam would be one of the young Black and Latino boys targeted by law ...

City Councilman Yusef Salaam — one of the exonerated Central Park Five — owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid federal taxes, despite making big money from speaking fees, The Post has ...

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City Councilman Yusuf Salaam turns out to be not so much a fierce advocate for social justice as just another entitled hack. The key flag: news, exposed by his recent traffic-stop fracas, that he was ...

*In a stark reflection of the current socio-political climate, Yusef Salaam – one of the wrongfully convicted members of the Central Park Five – recently conveyed his concerns about the state of ...

NEW YORK − A New York City councilman, who was one of the Central Park Five, is speaking out about being pulled over by police amid a fight over transparency on how the New York City Police Department ...

NEW YORK - Newly elected City Councilmember Yusef Salaam, who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned in the Central Park Five case, says he was stopped by police without explanation Friday. It comes ...