Far Rockaway, NY – New York State Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato’s months of hard work with dedicated community members and government agencies has led to success! The efforts to expand the Far Rockaway Eruv was recently completed as a way to better serve the local Jewish community by expanding the Eruv boundaries. The process was initiated by Pheffer Amato after concerns were brought forward by several community Rabbanim regarding Shabbos observance along the boardwalk.

Pheffer Amato, the only Jewish elected official in South Queens, hosted an on-site meeting, which included the NYC Parks Department and members of the Eruv Committee. There, the committee outlined the proposed expansion while Pheffer Amato conveyed the need for this expansion. It was Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato who made the issue resonate with the City agency and obtained the approvals from several government agencies, including the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The expansion was officially approved and completed by the Eruv Committee the other week. Through this work, the Eruv extends along the Far Rockaway boardwalk to Beach 24th Street, and is checked before every Shabbos.

“This was an important issue that needed to be addressed and fixed - and I wasn’t taking no for an answer,” said Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato. “I greatly appreciate the work of the Eruv Committee and the agencies who worked expeditiously to get this updated and fixed. Now we can all enjoy the beauty of the ocean from the boardwalk and have a great Shabbos.”