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We'll Always Have Astoria: The Left Punts In NYC

We'll Always Have Astoria: The Left Punts In NYC

Progressives Sat Out City Council Primaries. I Think It Was A Mistake

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Jul 08, 2023
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Yusef Salaam campaigned in Harlem in June.

Thirty years ago, Yusef Salaam was sitting in a juvenile detention facility, serving his 5-10 years sentence for a crime he did not commit. Salaam, one of the “Central Park Five,” was convicted, along with four other men, of beating and raping the woman who became known as the “Central Park Jogger.”. The crime …

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