Five Questions for Nancy Martinez, Queens City Council Candidate

A longtime District 31 resident and small business owner is running to represent her community
By Madeline Renbarger on February 28, 2021.
The mayor's office calls for independent investigations into the governor's conduct on two fronts
By Joseph Clark on February 27, 2021.
"I hope New Yorkers look out for each other," says one victim
By Remmy Bahati on February 25, 2021.
The founders of the movement talk to NY City Lens
By Joseph Clark on February 23, 2021.
In January, New Yorkers learned more about the NYPD’s use of a broad range of technologies designed to keep tabs on them. The documents released by the NYPD
By Madeline Renbarger on February 23, 2021.
A southeast Queens native with local and state government experience vies for the District 31 City Council seat
By Madeline Renbarger on February 22, 2021 Nancy Martinez Politics & Policy, Queens
A longtime District 31 resident and small business owner is running to represent her community
By Christopher Alvarez on February 19, 2021 Politics & Policy, Queens
An entrepreneur and disability advocate takes her shot
By Tricia Crimmins on February 13, 2021 Manny Silva Politics & Policy, Queens
Silva was the chief of staff for former Council member Donovan Richards in District 31. Now he’s running to represent the district himself
By Remmy Bahati on February 11, 2021 Amaha Kassa, Joe Biden, Kirsten Gillibrand Politics & Policy, The Global City
A new president’s representatives talk of immigration reform, and the response is enthusiastic
By Eduardo Cuevas on February 6, 2021 Politics & Policy, Uncategorized
Five candidates for New York City mayor all agreed on one issue Friday afternoon: getting rid of the process politicians use to gather enough signatures to make it on the ballot amid the COVID-19 pandemic, eliminating face-to-face contact with voters. In a Zoom call Friday, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams hosted a handful of the mayoral […]
By Eduardo Cuevas on February 4, 2021 Immigration, News, Politics & Policy
Citing past incidents, the council members ask President Biden’s new Homeland Security secretary to oust the head of the New York field office
By Tricia Crimmins on February 3, 2021 Politics & Policy, Uncategorized
Some voters were delighted and some were confused, while the snow slowed the pace of voting
By Eduardo Cuevas on February 2, 2021 Politics & Policy, Queens
The new voting system sounds confusing. NYCity Lens explains how it will work
By Christopher Alvarez on January 31, 2021 Education, Politics & Policy
An annual personal appeal goes virtual for 2021, but it still goes well
By Eduardo Cuevas on January 30, 2021 Brooklyn, Democrats, New York City, Politics Brooklyn, Politics & Policy
A Brooklyn Democratic leader resigned from her position Thursday evening after offensive comments she made about Chinese and Palestinian people surfaced, igniting threats to boycott an upcoming mayoral candidate debate. The Brooklyn politician, Lori Maslow, announced she would leave her position as Assembly District leader in the Kings County Democratic County Committee, which is scheduled […]
By Eduardo Cuevas on January 25, 2021 Politics News, Politics & Policy
A Bronx state senator threw his support behind two candidates for New York City mayor under the new ranked-choice voting system
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