Yusef Salaam elected unopposed to a central Harlem district in US

Yusef Salaam is now a New York City councillor [File: Mary Altaffer/AP Photo]

Yusef Salaam, who gained international attention as one of the wrongfully accused United States teenagers in the Central Park Five case, has won a seat on the New York City Council.

Salaam, a Democrat, was elected unopposed to a central Harlem district in one of many local elections held across New York state on Tuesday.