Yusef Salaam appears to be a big winner in the New York Primary. MKramerTV has a full recap of the races, which largely went well for incumbents.
The race to represent Central Harlem in the City Council was a contest between old Harlem and new Harlem, and, based on the latest returns, it seems voters were looking for new blood.had 50.5%, Assemblywoman Inez Dinkens had 25.3%, Assemblyman Al Taylor had 14.6%. Incumbent Kristin Richardson Jordan withdrew from the race.
"This campaign has been about those who have been counted out. This campaign has been about those who have been forgotten. This campaign has been about our Harlem community who has been pushed into the margins of life," Salaam said. "This is a real battle of the determination of what we want our City Council to look like," Adams said.
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