New York City's 44th City Council district
New York City's 44th City Council district | |
|---|---|
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| Government | |
| • Councilmember | Kalman Yeger (D—Borough Park) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 164,339 |
| Demographics | |
| • White | 71% |
| • Asian | 17% |
| • Hispanic | 10% |
| • Black | 1% |
| • Other | 1% |
| Registration | |
| • Democratic | 54.5% |
| • Republican | 20.3% |
| • No party preference | 22.9% |
| Registered voters (2021) 79,916[2] | |
New York City's 44th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Kalman Yeger since 2018, succeeding fellow Democrat David Greenfield.[3] Though Yeger caucuses with Democrats on the Council, he is among the Council's most conservative members and has run for office on both Democratic and Republican party lines.
Geography[]
District 44 is based in the heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park in southwestern Brooklyn, also covering Ocean Parkway and parts of Bensonhurst and Midwood.[4]
The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 11, 12, 14, and 15, and with New York's 9th, 10th, and 11th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 17th and 22nd districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 44th, 45th, 47th, 48th, and 49th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]
Recent election results[]
2021[]
In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office. Voters whose first-choice candidates fare poorly will have their votes redistributed to other candidates in their ranking until one candidate surpasses the 50 percent threshold. If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kalman Yeger | 6,868 | ||
| Democratic | Kalman Yeger | 4,514 | ||
| Conservative | Kalman Yeger | 973 | ||
| Total | Kalman Yeger (incumbent)[9] | 12,355 | 97.8 | |
| Total votes | 12,633 | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2017[]
In 2017, Councilman David Greenfield left the Council in order to lead the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty. Because his departure occurred after the filing deadline for his seat, local political leaders – among them Greenfield himself – could bypass a regular primary election and instead choose the Democratic nominee for the seat. The chosen candidate was Kalman Yeger, who had previously been set to run against Councilman Chaim Deutsch in a neighboring district. The process was roundly criticized by good government groups, and eventually drew an unsuccessful general election challenge from Yoni Hikind, the son of then-Assemblyman Dov Hikind.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kalman Yeger | 8,277 | ||
| Conservative | Kalman Yeger | 3,057 | ||
| Total | Kalman Yeger | 11,334 | 66.9 | |
| Our Neighborhood | Yoni Hikind | 4,854 | 28.6 | |
| School Choice | Heshy Tischler | 670 | 4.0 | |
| Total votes | 16,951 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2013[]
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | David Greenfield (incumbent) | 6,688 | 90.4 | |
| Democratic | Jacob Flusberg | 707 | 9.6 | |
| Total votes | 7,401 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | David Greenfield | 11,494 | ||
| Conservative | David Greenfield | 2,624 | ||
| Independence | David Greenfield | 264 | ||
| Total | David Greenfield (incumbent) | 14,382 | 81.5 | |
| Republican | Joseph Hayon | 3,147 | 17.8 | |
| Total votes | 17,654 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
References[]
- ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "District 44 - Kalman Yeger". New York City Council. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "Primary Contest List" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 44th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ Yeger ran on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative Party lines.
- ^ Erin Durkin (July 18, 2017). "Democrat Councilman David Greenfield locks in colleague to run for his Brooklyn seat, sparking backlash". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 44th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 44th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 44th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
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