Press Releases

Cuomo Signs First Pheffer Amato Bill into Law

Yesterday, July 10th, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Breezy Point)’s first bill into law, after it passed both houses of the State Legislature during the Legislative Session in late May and early June. The bill was...

Pheffer Amato Invites Constituents to Workshop This Saturday for Families with Special Needs Children

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) will be hosting a community workshop this Saturday, July 15th, from 1:30PM to 3:30PM in her office, at 95-16 Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Beach, for families with special-needs children. The...

Pheffer Amato Attends Reading of Declaration in Breezy Point

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Breezy Point) this past Tuesday, July 4th, attended the sixth annual reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Breezy Point ball field. Over 100 people attended the event, held in celebration of the 241th...

Pheffer Amato Announces Opening of Howard Beach Office

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Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) announced today that she’ll be opening a second District Office at 162-38 Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, Queens, to better serve her constituents in Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Lindenwood, and...

Pheffer Amato Helps Present Funding for New St John’s ER

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Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) today joined with St. John's Episcopal Hospital CEO Gerard M. Walsh, local elected officials including Congressman Gregory Meeks, Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., Senator James Sanders, Jr., and...

Pheffer Amato Announces First Mobile Office Hours This Summer

Pheffer Amato Selected as National Early Learning Fellow

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Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) was honored to be selected as a National Early Learning Fellow by the National Conference of State Legislatures (www.ncsl.org), a national, bi-partisan organization bringing together legislators from...

Pheffer Amato: “Get Free Summer Meals for Your Kids!”

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) announced today that free Summer Meals, administered by the United States Department of Agriculture and Hunger Free NYC, will be available starting this Thursday, June 29th, and continuing through...

Pheffer Amato Announces New Momentum on RBRL

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Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway) has released a statement after a letter exchange with representatives from the MTA, announcing new momentum on an evaluation of the possibility of reactivating the long-dormant Rockaway Beach Rail Line (RBRL),...

Pheffer Amato, DiNapoli’s Office Host Unclaimed Funds Event

This Thursday, June 22nd, from 11:00AM to 1:30PM, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway) will host an Unclaimed Funds event at Roy Reuther Houses in Far Rockaway. Representatives from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Office of...

Pheffer Amato Featured at Seven Weekend Graduations

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Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway) this past weekend was a featured speaker at seven high school, junior high school and middle school graduations, presenting student awards at most of the ceremonies. On Friday night, she spoke...

Pheffer Amato Speaks at TAG, BBY Graduations

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This past Sunday, June 18th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) was honored to be a featured speaker at both the High School Graduation for the Torah Academy for Girls and at the Junior High Graduation for Bnos Bais Yaakov. She spoke...

Pheffer Amato Commends Speaker Heastie on Appointment of Community Leader to NYRA Board

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In a major win for the South Queens community, local community leader George Russo, Esq., was appointed to the New York Racing Association (NYRA) Board of Directors, by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) upon the recommendation of Assemblywoman...

Vetranos Hold Rally Thanking Supporters as Familial DNA Matching Approved by New York State Commission on Forensic Science

This past, Friday, June 16th, at the intersection of 164th Ave and 83rd St in Howard Beach, Phil and Cathie Vetrano, parents of Karina Vetrano, who remained vocal advocates for the forensic technique known as Familial DNA Matching (“FM”) even after...

Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato NYCC CRR Testimony

Committee on Recovery and ResiliencyNew York City Council250 BroadwayNew York, NY 10007 Members of the Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony. I am writing today to urge the City of New York, in coordination with the State...

Pheffer Amato Extends Protections for Atlantic Herring

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Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) today passed her third bill through the State Assembly, A.8273, extending the authority of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to manage Atlantic herring conservation through...

Pheffer Amato, Addabbo Host Second Rain Barrel Giveaway

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For the second time in two months, this past Saturday, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) and Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., in conjunction with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, hosted a hugely successful rain barrel giveaway...

Pheffer Amato Honors Congregants at West End Temple Gala

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This past Saturday, June 10th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Neponsit) presented awards to congregants of the West End Temple in Neponsit, on the occasion of the Temple’s 77th Anniversary Gala. “It was a terrific night, and it was a great...

Pheffer Amato Helps Rededicate Park in Al Stabile’s Honor

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This past Sunday, June 11th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Ozone Park) helped dedicate the John Adams High School playground in honor of the late City Councilmember Al Stabile. Stabile, a Vietnam War Veteran, served two terms on the City Council...

Pheffer Amato, Addabbo Add 2 Years to Breezy Work Permits

Today, June 8th, 2017, a two-year extension to Chapter 100 of the Laws of 2013, sponsored by Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Breezy Point), was unanimously passed by the New York State Assembly. Chapter 100 provides exemptions for Breezy Point work...