![Senator Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/02-10-15_official_hs_omara-hs-040_0.jpg?itok=gJ9N77KJ)
Confirmation Meeting
Thomas F. O'Mara
March 23, 2011
-
ISSUE:
- Environment
CONFIRMATION PROCESS--Senator O'Mara questions Joe Martens, Governor Andrew Cuomo's nominee to head the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), at a meeting of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee in early March. The full Senate confirmed Mr. Martens as DEC's new commissioner on March 9th.
Share this Article or Press Release
Newsroom
Go to Newsroom!["The hazardous and toxic chemicals associated with these labs pose unacceptable risks to our neighborhoods and the public at large, as well as to the safety of police officers, firefighters, and other first responders," said Senator O'Mara. "The hazardous and toxic chemicals associated with these labs pose unacceptable risks to our neighborhoods and the public at large, as well as to the safety of police officers, firefighters, and other first responders," said Senator O'Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/meth-lab-cleanup_3.jpg?itok=J6Rea1f_)
!["We should be acting today to put a stop to this madness. Not a day goes by without another story of another dangerous criminal being set free and or another repeat offender causing another death or another violent tragedy,” said Senator O'Mara. "We should be acting today to put a stop to this madness. Not a day goes by without another story of another dangerous criminal being set free and or another repeat offender causing another death or another violent tragedy,” said Senator O'Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/bailreform_newweb_0.jpg?itok=Cbo--aq1)
![Senator O'Mara responded to Governor Cuomo's budget plan by asking, "Does it make sense, when you’re already overspending and overtaxing, to call for more spending and more borrowing that everyone knows will sooner or later require higher taxes?" Senator O'Mara responded to Governor Cuomo's budget plan by asking, "Does it make sense, when you’re already overspending and overtaxing, to call for more spending and more borrowing that everyone knows will sooner or later require higher taxes?"](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/800-586-11a_newweb_9.jpg?itok=F6PUTDrn)