Yusef Salaam, a member of the “Exonerated Five,” is poised for a monumental victory in the competitive Democratic primary for the 9th City Council District in Harlem Tuesday night, where he may have just overcome two experienced lawmakers.
Salaam finished with 50.14% of the early and Election Day votes — counting absentee ballots — with 99% of scanners reporting, likely hitting the over 50% needed to avoid going to additional rounds of ranked-choice voting. But it won’t be entirely clear until the remaining ballots are counted.Assembly Member Inez Dickens, who represents much of the area in Albany, by 2,776 votes.
“I am here because Harlem, you believed in me. Harlem has spoken,” Salaam said as he declared victory Tuesday night. Under RCV, the lowest vote-getter will be eliminated and their votes distributed to the candidate with the most votes.that would have seen the addition of 458 income-restricted apartments to an underused section of 145th Street, because she determined it didn’t contain enough affordable units.Taylor and Salaam cross-endorsing each other
“I am so grateful to our community, to all of our supporters and volunteers, and to my team and my family for all that they have done,” Taylor said in a statement. While the results are not what we had hoped, I am proud of all that we have accomplished. We have seen such a massive outpouring of support and passion for our message of hope. The fight continues for building affordable homes, funding our schools, and strengthening our communities.
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