Kalman Yeger | |
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Member of the New York City Council from the 44th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2018 | |
Preceded by | David G. Greenfield |
Personal details | |
Born | April 26,1974 |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Touro College (BA) New York Law School (JD) |
Website | Official website |
Kalman Yeger (born April 26,1974)[ citation needed ] is an American politician who serves in the New York City Council for the 44th district. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes all or parts of the Bensonhurst,Borough Park,Gravesend,Kensington,and Midwood neighborhoods in Brooklyn. [1]
Yeger is a graduate of Touro College with a B.A. degree and New York Law School with a J.D. degree in 2011. [2] [3]
Yeger began his career as a community liaison and assistant to New York City Councilman Lloyd Henry he then went on to work for Fernando Ferrer as a top advisor. In 2010,he began working as senior advisor and counsel to New York City Councilman David G. Greenfield. [2]
Yeger has been a member of Brooklyn Community Board 14 since 2000. [4]
Outgoing council person David G. Greenfield tapped Yeger,his counsel,to run for his council seat in 2017,as Greenfield decided not to run for re-election,instead taking over the helm of New York's largest Jewish charity,the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty. [5] Opposing Yeger,was Yoni Hikind,the son of New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind,whose district covers much of the same constituency. [6] [7]
Yeger defeated Hikind,67%–29%. [5]
Yeger currently serves on the following New York City Council committees: [8]
Election history | |||
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Location | Year | Election | Results |
NYC Council District 44 | 2017 | General | √Kalman Yeger (D) 66.86% Yoni Hikind (Our Neighborhood) 28.64% Harold Tischler (School Choice) 3.95% |
On March 26,2019,Yeger accused Democratic Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of being an antisemite due to her criticism of AIPAC and then claimed that "Palestine does not exist". This resulted in protests outside Yeger's office in Boro Park. [9] He was later removed from the New York City Council's immigration committee. [10]
On October 30,2022,Yeger tweeted a video of a swarm of bikers taking over a New York City street,Yeger compared these bikers to cockroaches saying,"Like cockroaches,there's never just one". [11] Yeger received major backlash as a result with many calling the tweet racist pointing out that a majority of the bikers were black and brown. He subsequently deleted the tweet that same day.
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