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.

Early life and education

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

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.
Yeger has been a member of Brooklyn Community Board 14 since 2000.

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. Opposing Yeger, was Yoni Hikind, the son of New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, whose district covers much of the same constituency.
Yeger defeated Hikind 67%-29%.
Yeger currently serves on the following New York City Council committees:
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. He was later removed from the Council's immigration committee.