Press Releases

Pheffer Amato Helps Resident with DDC-Damaged Property

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Over the past few weeks, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Broad Channel) met with Broad Channel resident Frank Harnisher, whose story has been covered in local media because the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) hired a contractor to...

Pheffer Amato Presents Award to Top-Selling Girl Scout

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Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) met this past Tuesday, July 18th, with Jayda Crenshaw, a ten-year-old student from Far Rockaway, who sold 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies this past year and became the top seller in Queens County....

Pheffer Amato Helps Kick Off HBLC Movie Night

This past Friday, July 21st, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) attended a screening of The Sandlot at the Howard Beach - Lindenwood Civic Association's Movie Night in Charles Park. The movie night was jointly sponsored by the Howard...

Pheffer Amato Tours Site for Tele-Visiting Incarcerated Moms

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This past Monday, July 17th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) did a walk-through of CCNY's video-visitation site for children with incarcerated parents at the Beach 41st Street Community Center, called A Vision for Tele-Visiting....

Pheffer Amato, Addabbo, Titus Meet with Chancellor Fariña

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This past Monday, July 17th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach), State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. (D-Ozone Park) and Assemblywoman Michelle Titus (D-Far Rockaway) met with NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña in Pheffer Amato’s...

Pheffer Amato Lauds JFK Plans, Urges Rail Line Inclusion

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Responding to Governor Cuomo’s $10 billion overhaul plan for JFK International Airport, for which a Request for Proposals was issued today, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) applauded the plan, which she called “absolutely vital...

Pheffer Amato Welcomes Mazzone Hardware, Successor to Brown’s Hardware, on Beach 116th

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This past Saturday, July 15th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) welcomed new owners Mazzone Hardware, to the space formerly occupied by Brown’s Hardware. Brown’s was a longtime Rockaway Peninsula institution that was irreparably...

Pheffer Amato Helps “Wet Down” Point Breeze Firetruck

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This past Saturday, July 15th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Breezy Point) helped “wet down” a new firetruck commissioned by the Point Breeze Volunteer Fire Department. In a “wetting down,” as practiced by VFDs across the United States,...

Pheffer Amato Hosts Kickoff of Org for Special Needs Families

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This past Saturday, July 15th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) hosted a community workshop for families with special-needs children. The workshop was run by a new community organization, Perfect Piece of the Puzzle, founded by...

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...