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Miguel Martinez Receives 2026 Procurement Manager of the Year<\/p>\n
City of Yonkers Program Procurement Administrator Miguel Martinez with his SAMPO Award. Photo by Maurice Mercado\/City of Yonkers<\/p>\n
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and City of Yonkers Finance Commissioner John Liszewski congratulate Miguel Martinez on being named the 2026 Procurement Manager of the Year by the New York State Association of Municipal Purchasing Officials (SAMPO).<\/p>\n
\u201cMiguel\u2019s dedication and expertise have helped strengthen procurement operations for both the City and our schools,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Mike Spano. \u201cThis recognition reflects his commitment to public service, accountability, and excellence, and we are proud to see him honored among procurement professionals across New York State.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martinez has been with the City of Yonkers since 2023, first as the Associate Director of Purchasing and then as Program Procurement Administrator, focusing on capital improvements. In his role, he manages complex, high-value acquisitions that support essential municipal services and infrastructure while ensuring transparency, compliance, and fiscal responsibility.<\/p>\n
The award recognizes Martinez\u2019s outstanding leadership, professionalism, and impact in the field of public procurement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very proud of the professional work ethic and integrity that Miguel brings to the\u00a0Purchasing team for the City and the Yonkers Board of Education,\u201d said\u00a0Finance Commissioner John Liszewski. \u201cI am very pleased that Miguel is receiving this much-deserved award.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m honored to receive this award and proud to represent the City of Yonkers,\u201d said\u00a0Miguel Martinez.\u00a0\u201cI love the work I do because it has a real impact on our residents every day. Working with both the City and Yonkers Public Schools has given me valuable experience, and I hope to help more young people see procurement as a rewarding career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miguel Martinez Receives 2026 Procurement Manager of the Year City of Yonkers Program Procurement Administrator Miguel Martinez with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-247628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}