Exonerated Five member Raymond Santana says he's running for City Council because his neighborhood has deteriorated and he wants to rejuvenate it.

If elected, Santana would follow in the footsteps of Yusef Salaam, a fellow member of the “Exonerated Five” who won a City Council seat in 2023. Santana was 14 years old when wrongful convicted.

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- The June primary is a month away with several key races to keep an eye on, and there's a City Council race that's heating up by the day. Raymond Santana recently ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — He’s taken on the criminal justice system, Donald Trump, and now, Raymond Santana says he’s ready to tackle the city’s biggest issues. A member of the “Exonerated Five ...

Yusef Salaam, New York City Council member and fellow member of ‘The Exonerated Five’, Raymond Santana, pose for a photo at the P.S. 175 Henry Highland Garnet school after voting on Election ...

Raymond Santana was wrongly imprisoned. Now, he wants to join Yusef Salaam, also wrongfully accused in the rape of a Central Park jogger, on the City Council. By Nicholas Fandos Raymond Santana ...

Raymond Santana of the Exonerated Five is thinking about running for term-limited City Council Member Diana Ayala’s open seat in East Harlem and the South Bronx. If he ends up doing so, he’d be ...

Raymond Santana, who was 14 when police arrested him and the other “Exonerated Five” members, announced his grassroots campaign for New York City Council’s District 8 on Tuesday.

Raymond Santana, 50, on Tuesday announced his Democratic campaign for the Council seat currently held by Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, who is term-limited and will leave office after this year.