Mineola Mayor Jack M. Martins has been appointed to the 16-member executive committee of the New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials (NYCOM). Westbury Mayor Ernest Strada, who is the president of NYCOM, made the selection. The executive committee is responsible for establishing the overall policy for the conference of mayors.

"Mayor Martins is an experienced municipal leader who has been an active participant in NYCOM programs. His commitment to quality public service in New York State makes him well qualified for the appointment and he will be a major asset to our organization. I look forward to working with Mayor Martins to establish our statewide agenda," said Strada.

Mayor Martins is a 36-year resident of Mineola and has served as mayor since 2003. Prior to that he served on the village board of trustees and was president of the Mineola Library Board during its reconstruction project. His major accomplishments as mayor include delivering balanced budgets that reflected a surplus each year, developing a debt management plan to continue to pay down the village's long-term debt and making government more accessible and transparent. Under Martins' leadership, the village has a television channel that televises all of its public meetings as well as a website that has information such as the village code.

Mayor Martins founded his law practice in the village in 1993 and is a partner in the firm Martins & Silva. He is a graduate of American University and St. John's University School of Law. He and his wife Paula are raising three daughters, Kaitlin, Vanessa and Emma.

The New York Conference of Mayors represents more than 580 cities and villages in New York State.