Queens, NY – New York State Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato passed a State-wide resolution to declare May as Jewish-American Heritage Month in the State of New York. Pheffer Amato, the only Jewish elected official in South Queens, previously succeeded in declaring January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in New York, and recently passed the resolution to have New York State recognize Yom Ha’atzmaut.

“I’m proud of my Jewish heritage and will always stand up for the Jewish community in any way I can,” said Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato.