Howard Beach is our grand old community in South Queens. Originally a large farm, over the years it became a bustling suburb with a very particular vibe, at once very NYC and very set apart. And whether we live there or not, we all, in our area, feel...

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) announced today that her office will be hosting an informational workshop of the Citizens Committee for New York City to help small, volunteer-led organizations apply for grant funding. The workshop...

This past Saturday, at the Rockaway Point Fire Department, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Breezy Point) presented Volunteer Firefighter Arthur Lighthall, who has twice served as Chief of the RPFD, once as President of the Breezy Point Cooperative...

This past Sunday at Sunrise Stables in Howard Beach, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) attended the annual Open House for GallopNYC, a program that provides therapeutic riding for children and adults with special needs and other...

This past Friday, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) was selected by the Irish Echo, America’s oldest Irish newspaper, to present a labor award to William “Bill” Lacey, the Director of Civil Service Carpenters for over a decade...

Last week, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) hosted incoming sixth-grader Madyson Middleton, who for the second year in a row served as “Assemblywoman-for-a-Day,” shadowing Pheffer Amato and her staff to learn about the process...

Today, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) helped cut the ribbon to officially inaugurate Peninsula Preparatory Academy’s first year offering free Pre-K-for-All services, after the City approved their application to be a Universal...

This past Tuesday, August 29th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park), her Director of Constituent Relations, P'nina Gluck, and two of Gluck's children sang songs for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, at the JASA Senior Center in Rockaway...

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) spent time this past Saturday at the Rockaway 31-Hour Summer Festival, a two-day-all-night community party hosted by the Peninsula Branch of the Queens Public Library. The Festival started on Saturday...

This past Saturday, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Ozone Park) caught the first pitch of the final game of the World Series of American Softball for the Challenged and Handicapped, thrown by Assemblyman Mike Miller, at Kissena Corridor Park’s...

This past Monday, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Breezy Point) celebrated the end of summer with a visit to both the Point Breeze Association and the Rockaway Point Association. Pheffer Amato represents most of the Rockaway Peninsula, including...

This past Sunday, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Hamilton Beach) helped clean Hamilton Beach Park and the route from the Park to the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department, in anticipation of the fifth annual Hamilton Beach Baby Parade....

This past Thursday, August 17th at NYC Department of Education Headquarters in Queens, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) connected with superintendents, top-level Department of Education staff and other education leaders, as well as...

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) joined staff and locals at the Broad Channel Public Library this past Thursday, August 17th, for her sixth Summer Mobile Office. The Assemblywoman and her staff met with constituents face to face, took...

This past Friday, August 18th, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D- Rockaway Park) hosted the MTA at the JASA Senior Center on Shorefront Parkway in Rockaway Park, so residents could learn more about MetroCards, buy them directly in their building...

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) this past Saturday, August 19th, attended the first-ever Caribbean Carnival Parade, which kicked off at Beach 21st Street in Far Rockaway. The parade was arranged by community leaders and elected...

Today, August 21st, NYS Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach), NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. (D-Ozone Park) and NYC Councilmember Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) held a press conference at the intersection of Rockaway Beach Boulevard and...

As the summer winds down, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) today officially thanked her interns, Daniella Ciniglio of Howard Beach and Claudia Dana of Neponsit, for their “incredible hard work, their enthusiasm, and their tireless...

In the wake of the third car to hit a pedestrian in one year on a particular stretch of road in Far Rockaway, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) today called for the City’s Department of Transportation to immediately implement traffic...

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) joined staff and locals at the JASA – Brookdale Village Senior Center this past Wednesday, August 9th, for her fifth Summer Mobile Office. The Assemblywoman and her staff met with constituents...