AM Pheffer Amato announces she will not seek re-election representing the Rockaways and South Queens in 2026 - QNS

""I love being in public service and representing the people of the 23rd Assembly District has been the honor of a lifetime," Pheffer Amato said. "My team and I have built a seven-days-a-week, 365-days-a-year operation to make sure this district is well served, and through that, I have had the joy of meeting with and delivering for thousands of our neighbors when they need help. But after 10 years in this position, it is time to move on and serve my community in other capacities.""

"Pheffer Amato is known as a tireless community advocate and prolific lawmaker, having passed the most bills out of the New York City Assembly delegation during the last legislative session and helping pass hundreds of pieces of legislation, particularly for the police, firefighters, EMS, teachers, nurses and other public employees throughout New York State. In July, she succeeded in getting the men and women of the FDNY a 20-year retirement plan, something that had been thought by many to be unobtainable. The proudest moment of her career came in October 2022, when Governor Kathy Hochul enacted Pheffer Amato's nation-leading legislation, A.8537, making New York the first state in the country to mandate insurance companies provide full coverage for any and all types of post-mastectomy surgery."

Assembly Member Stacey Pheffer Amato announced she will not seek re-election in 2026. She has represented South Queens and the Rockaway Peninsula in the 23rd Assembly District since 2016, succeeding her mother Audrey I. Pheffer. She maintained a year-round constituent operation and delivered assistance to thousands of neighbors. She led the New York City Assembly delegation in bill passage during the last legislative session and helped secure hundreds of laws supporting public employees. She won a 20-year FDNY retirement plan and authored A.8537, which mandates full insurance coverage for post-mastectomy surgery in New York.

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