Audrey Pheffer
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Audrey I. Pheffer | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 23rd district | |
| In office April 28, 1987 – March 23, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Gerdi E. Lipschutz |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Goldfeder |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 13, 1941 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Domestic partner | Glenn Riddell |
| Children | Two including Stacey |
| Alma mater | Queens College CUNY |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | Official website |
Audrey I. Pheffer (born August 13, 1941)[1] is an American Democratic Party politician from New York. She is currently serving as Queens County Clerk. Previously, she represented District 23 in the New York State Assembly from 1987 to 2011, which comprised Rockaway Beach, Howard Beach and Ozone Park, among other neighborhoods found within the New York City borough of Queens.
Pheffer worked from 1973 to 1977 at the Rockaway Occupational Training Center and agency of the Queens Association of ARC, where she worked with the developmentally disabled. In 1977, she was a member of the New York City Commission of Human Rights.[citation needed]
Despite her long separation from education and having only a high school diploma, she successfully combined being a working mom and a full-time student at Queens College, City University of New York, where she received a B.A. degree, cum laude, in 1982.[citation needed]
She was a Special Assistant to former New York City Council President Andrew Stein and Executive Assistant to State Senator Jeremy S. Weinstein.[citation needed]
Pheffer resides in Far Rockaway and has two children, Mitchell and Stacey. She and her partner Glenn Riddell have six grandchildren.[2]