Council Member Stanley Martin: "Don't Give Up When the First 'No' Happens"

On the Go with The Glenn Advantage Team · Aug 26, 2026 · 28m

Councilmember Stanley Martin started her career as a therapist, working with inmates in the Rochester jail. For many of those in the jail, their issues were systemic – poor socioeconomic backgrounds, most came from single parent households and these issues led her to community organizing, which led her to running for office.

- First elected in Nov. 2021 & re-elected in Nov. 2025, she sits on the Budget, Finance & Governance Cmte. & Public Safety Cmte.

The Budget & Finance Cmte. is the lead committee that runs through the mayor’s proposed budget, it should be responsible for making amendments…