Pheffer Amato Welcomes Mazzone Hardware, Successor to Brown’s Hardware, on Beach 116th Jul 18, 2017 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 Jul 17, 2017 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 Jul 17, 2017 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 Jul 11, 2017 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 Jul 11, 2017 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 Jul 10, 2017 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 Jul 10, 2017 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 Jul 7, 2017 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 Selected as National Early Learning Fellow Jun 26, 2017 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!” Jun 26, 2017 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 Jun 21, 2017 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 Jun 21, 2017 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 Jun 20, 2017 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 Jun 20, 2017 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 Jun 20, 2017 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 Jun 19, 2017 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 Jun 15, 2017 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 Jun 13, 2017 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 Jun 12, 2017 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...