Kalman Yeger

Kalman Yeger 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]

Kalman Yeger
Member of the New York City Council from the 44th district
Assumed office
January 1, 2018
Preceded byDavid G. Greenfield
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materTouro College (B.A.)
New York Law School (J.D.)
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and education

Yeger is a graduate of Touro College and New York Law School.[2]

Career

Yeger began his career as a community liaison and assistant to New York City Councilman Lloyd Henry he then went on to work for Freddy 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.[3]

City Council

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 and instead took over the helm of New York's largest Jewish charity Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty.[4] Opposing Yeger, was Yoni Hikind, the son of New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, whose district covers much of the same constituency.[5][6]

Yeger defeated Hikind 67%-29%.[4]

Yeger currently serves on the following New York City Council committees:[7]

  • Contracts
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governmental Operations
  • Oversight and Investigation
  • Technology

Controversy

On March 26, 2019, Yeger accused Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of being an antisemite because of her comments about AIPAC and then claimed that "Palestine does not exist". This resulted in protests outside Yeger's office in Boro Park.[8] He was later removed from the Council's immigration committee.[9]

References
  1. "District 44". Kalman Yeger. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  2. "Kalman Yeger Defeats Yoni Hikind In NYC Council Race To Replace David Greenfield". November 8, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  3. Iqbal, Zainab (July 18, 2017). "Just In: Kalman Yeger Is Greenfield's Replacement For City Council - BKLYNER". Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  4. "Kalman Yeger in Landslide Victory; Sweeps Boro Park, Midwood Race for 44th District Seat". Hamodia. November 7, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  5. "The fight for Borough Park is among this election year's nastiest". Politico. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  6. Goldiner, Dave (November 7, 2017). "Kalman Yeger Crushes Yoni Hikind In Orthodox Brooklyn Council War". The Forward. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  7. "District 44". Kalman Yeger. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  8. Keogh, Elizabeth; Boyer, Trevor (March 28, 2019). "Hundreds on both sides protest Brooklyn Councilman Kalman Yeger's 'Palestine does not exist' tweet". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  9. Mays, Jeffery C. (March 31, 2019). "A Jewish Councilman Who Said 'Palestine Does Not Exist' Loses Seat on Immigration Committee". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
David G. Greenfield		 New York City Council, 44th District
2018-present		 Incumbent
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