Pheffer (Amato) Women Honored For Making NYS History

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato and former New York State Assemblywoman, and current Queens County Clerk and Commissioner of Jurors, Audrey I. Pheffer, received special recognition by the Governor during her Women’s History Month Celebration in response to their trailblazing work in promoting women in government. Pheffer and Pheffer Amato are noted as the only mother and daughter duo to be elected in New York State. There have been fathers and sons, brothers and brothers, uncles and nephews, but Stacey Pheffer Amato and Audrey I. Pheffer are the first (and currently only) mother and daughter to be elected in NYS history.

Audrey I. Pheffer served as the Assemblywoman for the 23rd District, representing much of the same area her daughter now represents. She served for 25 years and was responsible for spearheading some of the largest consumer protections throughout New York. She retired from the Assembly in 2011 after being appointed Queens County Clerk and the Commissioner of Jurors. Stacey Pheffer Amato has been in office since 2017 and serves as the Chairwoman of the Assembly Committee on Governmental Employees where she has reformed Tier 6 and expanded health insurance coverage to firefighters and their families. She holds the recent distinction of having more bills signed into law than any other elected official in NYC.