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Toni Martinez, 2026 City & State New York Unsung Hero.

"Toni Martinez started her career at YAI, formerly known as the Young Adult Institute, in 1994 as a residential supervisor working with people with developmental disabilities. Now, she leads strategic initiatives and intake operations for the nonprofit, which provides supportive housing, job training and healthcare for more than 20,000 individuals with disabilities. Martinez has coordinated efforts to develop YAI’s partnership with the state on its Children’s Crisis Residence in Queens that opened this year and could serve as a state model. She also directed YAI’s Supportive Residential Habilitation Transformation initiative."

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