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Harold Tischler
Harold Tischler (Republican Party, Trump MAGA Party) (also known as Heshy) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 44. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Tischler (Team Trump Party) also ran in a special election to the New York City Council to represent District 44. He lost in the special general election on March 25, 2025.
Biography
Tischler's experience includes work in travel and as an expeditor for Greenline Building Consultants, the host of the Just Enough Heshy radio show, a teacher, and a contractor developer.[1][2][3]
Elections
2025
Regular election
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2025)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 44
Incumbent Simcha Felder defeated Harold Tischler in the general election for New York City Council District 44 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Simcha Felder (D / Conservative Party / Law & Order Party) | 85.0 | 32,734 |
 | Harold Tischler (R / Trump MAGA Party) | 15.0 | 5,785 | |
| Total votes: 38,519 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 44
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Simcha Felder in round 1 .
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Zahava Durchin (D)
Republican primary election
Republican Primary for New York City Council District 44
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Harold Tischler in round 1 .
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Conservative Party primary election
Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 44
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Simcha Felder in round 1 .
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Tischler in this election.
Special election
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2025)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 44
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Simcha Felder in round 1 .
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Total votes: 5,656 |
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Tischler in this election.
2023
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2023)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 44
Incumbent Kalman Yeger defeated Harold Tischler in the general election for New York City Council District 44 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kalman Yeger (R / D / Conservative Party) | 80.0 | 7,500 |
| Harold Tischler (Boro Park Flatbush Party) | 18.5 | 1,732 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 148 | ||
| Total votes: 9,380 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 44
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Kalman Yeger in round 1 .
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for New York City Council District 44
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Kalman Yeger in round 1 .
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Total votes: 772 |
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Conservative Party primary election
Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 44
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Kalman Yeger in round 1 .
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Tischler in this election.
2022
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 22
Incumbent Simcha Felder defeated Marva Brown in the general election for New York State Senate District 22 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Simcha Felder (D / R / Conservative Party) | 95.1 | 59,534 |
 | Marva Brown (Working Families Party) | 4.5 | 2,846 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 242 | ||
| Total votes: 62,622 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Simcha Felder advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 22.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Harold Tischler (D)
- Khaled Salem (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Simcha Felder advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 22.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Simcha Felder advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 22.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Marva Brown advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 22.
2021
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 48
Inna Vernikov defeated Steven Saperstein in the general election for New York City Council District 48 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Inna Vernikov (R / Conservative Party / Centrist Party) | 61.6 | 12,963 |
 | Steven Saperstein (D) | 38.2 | 8,038 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 51 | ||
| Total votes: 21,052 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 48
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Steven Saperstein in round 5 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 9,210 |
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Inna Vernikov advanced from the Republican primary for New York City Council District 48.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Inna Vernikov advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York City Council District 48.
2017
New York City held elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017. New Yorkers also voted for offices in their boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
Primary elections were scheduled for September 12, 2017, and the general election was on November 7, 2017. Under New York law, candidates who run unopposed in a primary or general election win the nomination or election automatically, and their names do not appear on the ballot.[4] Kalman Yeger (D) defeated Yoni Hikind (Our Neighborhood) and Harold Tischler (School Choice) in the general election for the District 44 seat on the New York City Council.
| New York City Council, District 44 General Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Kalman Yeger |
66.86% | 11,334 | |
| Our Neighborhood | Yoni Hikind | 28.64% | 4,854 | |
| School Choice | Harold Tischler | 3.95% | 670 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.55% | 93 | ||
| Total Votes | 16,951 | |||
| Source: New York City Board of Elections, "General Election - November 7, 2017," accessed January 2, 2018 | ||||
Campaign themes
2025
Regular election
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Harold Tischler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
Special election
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Harold Tischler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Harold Tischler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Harold Tischler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Harold Tischler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Candidate survey
Tischler participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of municipal government candidates.[5] The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | Housing and parking[6] | ” |
| —Harold Tischler (November 1, 2017)[3] | ||
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important: city services (trash, utilities, etc.), civil rights, crime reduction/prevention, environment, government transparency, homelessness, housing, K-12 education, public pensions/retirement funds, recreational opportunities, transportation, and unemployment. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important.
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| Candidate's ranking |
Issue | Candidate's ranking |
Issue |
| Transportation | Candidate did not provide a response | ||
| Candidate did not provide a response | Candidate did not provide a response | ||
| Candidate did not provide a response | Candidate did not provide a response | ||
| Candidate did not provide a response | Candidate did not provide a response | ||
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Nationwide municipal issues
The candidate was asked to answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions.
| Question | Response |
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| Important | |
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| Changing zoning restrictions | |
| Local people and organization doing lots of charity | |
| Police and city agencies all need a clean sweep from the top down | |
| All police need to be made available and to stop issuing traffic tickets | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| No
Need to have developers and contractors and private homeowners to sit in a civil created group to over see zoning and the department of buildings and HPD and DEP and BSA |
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Harold Tischler," accessed October 30, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Harold Tischler on October 30, 2017," accessed October 30, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey, 2017, "Harold Tischler's Responses," November 1, 2017
- ↑ New York Election Law, "Sec 6-160. Primaries," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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