State Assembly Member - District 30
Patrick Martinez
Democratic district leader in Assembly District 30 and a member of Queens Community Board 2, where he says he has focused on land use.
Where they stand
Taxes and state spending
Supports legislation raising taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and large corporations, saying the wealthiest must pay their fair share to fund housing, education, health care and social services.
Schools, child care and job training
Wants to increase state school aid, especially Foundation Aid, saying funding is one of the most important factors in the quality of a student's education. Supports passing universal child care and strengthening 3-K and pre-K programs.
Policing, sentencing and public safety
Supports bills to let judges reconsider excessive sentences (Second Look Act), expand good-time and merit-time programs in prison (Earned Time Act), end mandatory minimum sentences (Marvin Mayfield Act) and give people over 55 who have served 15 years a parole hearing (Elder Parole). Opposes the death penalty and supports outlawing solitary confinement.
Issues Patrick is raising
Affordable housing and tenants
Wants to protect Mitchell-Lama housing, including the Big 6 Towers in the district, by making sure it has the funding to stay affordable. Supports creating a Social Housing Development Authority to add permanently affordable housing statewide and passing the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, which would give tenants the first chance to buy their building when the owner sells.
Immigration enforcement
Supports passing New York for All to stop local agencies from cooperating with ICE and establishing a right to counsel for people in immigration proceedings. Backs the New York Health Act so everyone can get health care regardless of immigration status.
Background
Based in Woodside · Age 38
A Woodside resident who works in digital advertising sales and is a former teacher, he graduated from Stuyvesant High School and Middlebury College and holds an MBA from the CUNY Zicklin School of Business.
- Democratic Party district leader in Assembly District 30 since 2022
- Member of Queens Community Board 2; says he has served on it for five years, focusing on land use
- Director of Accounts and Operations at Pentaleap
- Works in digital advertising sales; has also worked as a marketing director
- Former teacher
- Attended public schools in the district; graduated from Stuyvesant High School
- Bachelor of science from Middlebury College (2009); MBA from the CUNY Zicklin School of Business
- Nephew of former U.S. Representative and former Queens Democratic Party leader Joe Crowley
- Son of Ramón Martinez, a former chief of staff to two New York City Council speakers
- Won the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary for this seat by seven votes after an automatic recount: 2,784 votes (44.2%) to Shamsul Haque's 2,777 and Somnath Ghimire's 718
Support
Nydia Velázquez
Outgoing U.S. Representative
Catalina Cruz
State Assembly Member
Jimmy Van Bramer
Former New York City Council Member
Danny Dromm
Former New York City Council Member
New York State AFL-CIO
Statewide labor federation
Money
$200K
raised
Mostly individuals and partnerships
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