Two major upsets are looming in City Council primaries held on Tuesday night.
Yusuf Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five, is on the verge of winning the Democratic nomination for the 9th Council District seat covering Harlem. He currently has more than 50% of the early vote and primary day tally, and a more than 2,700 vote lead on Assembly Member Inez Dickens, who’s running in second.
Meanwhile, in Brooklyn’s 42nd Council District, long-time political veteran and City Council Member Charles Barron finds himself in danger of losing his party’s nomination for re-election. Community civic activist Chris Banks currently has more than 50% of the vote with 99% off scanners reported, good for a 437 vote lead on the incumbent Barron.
