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] Following Kalman Yeger's resignation to serve in the New York State Assembly, a special election was triggered for this seat.

Like all municipal special elections in New York City, the race is officially nonpartisan, with all candidates running on ballot lines of their own creation.

[7] In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections.

The chosen candidate was Kalman Yeger, who had previously been set to run against Councilman Chaim Deutsch in a neighboring district.