Martin J. Golden

Biography

Marty Golden (R-C, Brooklyn) is the oldest of eight children born to Irish immigrants who settled in Bay Ridge. He attended St. Patrick's and Our Lady of Angels Grammar Schools, New York School of Printing, and John Jay College. He holds an Associate's Degree from St. John's University.

Marty is a former New York City Police Officer who received numerous citations during his ten years with the Police Department. Marty was forced to retire in 1983, after suffering a serious injury while making a narcotics arrest. Marty and his wife, Colleen, then bought the Bay Ridge Manor, a catering hall in Brooklyn. They have two children, Michael and Patrick.

Marty was elected to represent the 43rd Councilmanic District in the New York City Council on November 4, 1997. His district includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and parts of Bensonhurst and Borough Park. Marty serves on the Council Committees on Finance, Parks and Recreation, Public Safety and State and Federal Legislation, as well as on the Select Subcommittees on Senior Citizen Centers and the Waterfront.

For years, Marty has been enormously active in Brooklyn merchant and community issues. He helped organize the Fifth Avenue Board of Trade, the Voice of Bay Ridge, and the Safe Haven Program, a safety program for Bay Ridge senior citizens and children. He also served as Vice Chairman of Community Board Ten, and in 1995, he was designated by Congresswoman Susan Molinari to represent New York at a conference on small business in Washington, DC.

Marty's hard work and dedication have earned him the recognition of many organizations. He was the recipient of the Man of the Year Award for Bayfort Associations; he is a Lifetime Member of BRAVO Ambulance Service; he was Grand Marshall of the Ragamuffin Parade; Angel Guardian Home's Man of the Year; a recipient of the Paul Adams Award, presented by the Eugene Walsh Conservative Club, and he was given the prestigious Bay Ridge Community Council Civic Award in 1995. Marty was also named Man of the Year by the Helen Keller Home for the Blind and honored by Bay Ridge Center for Older Adults and Heartshare Human Services.