After nearly a decade on the job, Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) announced on Nov. 17 that she will not seek reelection in 2026. She was first elected in 2016 after the retirement of then-Assemblymember Phil Goldfeder.

Since then, she has represented the seat that was, for more than 24 years, held by her mother, Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer.

“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 in a statement.

“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, she said. “But after 10 years

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