Dr. Yusef Salaam is officially Harlem’s new council member

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Introduced by one of the Exonerated Five Raymond Santana, Dr. Yusef Salaam, set to represent New York City Council District 9, addressed family members, friends, and supporters during a watch party held on November 7, … Read More

Central Park Conservancy unveils The Gate of the Exonerated in honor of the Exonerated Five and other wrongly convicted

Photos credit: Bill Moore On April 20, 1989, the lives of five Black and Latino teenagers, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, and Yusef Salaam, took an unexpected turn when they were arrested by the NYPD and questioned … Read More

Exonerated 5 members endorse Cordell Cleare for State Senate

Photos credits: Isseu Diouf Campbell Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana flew from Atlanta, and Kevin Richardson came from New Jersey to endorse the one they say was there for them from the beginning, Cordell Cleare, during a fundraiser held on … Read More

The Central Park Five reveals the truth about the Central Park Jogger case

Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Sarah Burns, Yusef Salaam and Kharey Wise By Isseu Diouf Campbell Twenty-three years after the beating and rape of Central Park jogger Trisha Meili, five teenagers, whose voices were lost in the brouhaha of the prosecutors … Read More

Photo of the Moment: Central Park Jogger Lawsuit

Attorney Michael Warren (far right) is standing in front of the Federal Courthouse, updating the crowd on the Central Park Jogger lawsuit against the city of New York. Behind him are standing Raymond Santana and Kevin Richardson who with Kharey … Read More