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Activist and member of the “Central Park Five" Yusef Salaam has declared victory in the Democratic primary of his New York City Council race, according to reports.

Salaam is significantly ahead of his opponents in the Democratic primary for the seat representing the 9th Council District, part of Harlem, with 50.14 percent of the vote.

As The Hill points out, New York’s ranked choice voting system "requires a candidate to win a majority of the votes in the first round to win outright. The system would kick in if no candidate wins a majority, and the votes for the lowest-performing candidate would be redistributed among the remaining candidates based on their voters’ second preference."...