By Nelson A. King
Longtime resident of the Rockaways
in Queens and Dominican
Republic national Nancy J. Martinez
has announced her candidacy
for the 31st City Council
District, saying that the COVID-
19 pandemic has demonstrated
the need for “real leadership in
this community.”
Council District 31 comprises
the Queens neighborhoods
of Arverne, Brookville, Edgemere,
Far Rockaway, Laurelton,
Rosedale and Springfield Gardens.
“We have suffered, and I
believe residents deserve real
change and reform,” Martinez
told Caribbean Life in an exclusive
interview. “I am running
because my experience and
service to this community are
needed, and I am qualified to
address the issues that have been
affecting this district for so many
years.”
Describing herself as a “change
agent,” Martinez said she has
“what it takes” to represent constituents
in the City Council.
As part of her campaign platform,
Martinez said she will
address key issues surrounding
transportation and employment.
On her campaign website,
Martinez said that she has devoted
her life to fighting for others.
“Now, I’m bringing that fight
to City Hall,” she says. “For too
long, Rockaway has been overlooked
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by New York’s leaders.
“Our city has grown by leaps
and bounds, but our neighborhoods
have been left behind,” she
adds. “Too many families in our
community struggle to pay their
bills and put food on the table.
It’s time for that to change.”
Martinez, who attended PS105,
JH198, IS53 and Far Rockaway
High School, owns New York
Career Training School, LLC.
She told Caribbean Life that
although she has also lived
abroad and traveled the world,
her heart has always led her back
to the Rockaways, describing
herself as “a dynamic entrepreneur,
business owner and philanthropist,”
who possesses “the
tenacity to launch successful
business and the compassion to
help those in need.”
Martinez said she experienced
a traumatic change in her life
due to an accident, which resulted
in her brother becoming a
paraplegic.
“This trauma instilled a deep
sense of helping others in need by
sharing what we had rather than
worrying about what we didn’t
have,” she said, adding that her
experiences both at home in the
Rockaways and in other countries
have cultivated her desire
to assist children, especially the
poor, orphaned and ill by establishing
charitable campaigns
and causes that provide more
than medical supplies, food and
clothing.
Martinez said she spent over a
decade in the health care industry
learning about health care
regulations, designing patient
care standards and learning how
to run a successful business.
She said her goal was to establish
a business that could assist
persons in starting a career path
in the health care industry, “not
just looking for a job.”
Therefore, in 2010, Martinez
opened the New York Career
Training School, LLC in Far
Rockaway.
Today, she said the school
Nancy Martinez, candidate for Queen’s 31st City Council
District. Fernando Garcia
offers courses in three different
languages – English, Spanish and
Mandarin Chinese – “because of
the diversity of students representing
over 25 countries and
nationalities.”
To date, Martinez said the
training school has graduated
over 16,000 students and, with
an estimated rate of over 98
percent, has employed close to
15,760 of graduates.
In March 2017, Martinez was
elected to the board of directors
of the Joseph P. Addabbo
Health Clinics.
Nancy Martinez announces campaign
for Queen’s 31st City Council District
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