![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!["We envision the 'Trooper Nicholas F. Clark Memorial Bridge' as an enduring honor to Trooper Clark, and a reminder to future generations of his courageous service and meaningful life," said Senator O'Mara. "We envision the 'Trooper Nicholas F. Clark Memorial Bridge' as an enduring honor to Trooper Clark, and a reminder to future generations of his courageous service and meaningful life," said Senator O'Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/nicholas-clark-nysp_0.jpg?itok=5XHNee2f)
![Senator O'Mara shares his weekly perspective on issues facing New York State government. Senator O'Mara shares his weekly perspective on issues facing New York State government.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/weeklycolumn-image2_89.jpg?itok=kTuAIemh)
![“Governor Cuomo went to a big city newsroom, not an upstate farm, to enact this law. That speaks volumes about the true motivation behind this extreme liberal, far-left action, and its consequences. Good for Governor Cuomo’s big city politics, bad New York’s family farms,” said Senator O'Mara. “Governor Cuomo went to a big city newsroom, not an upstate farm, to enact this law. That speaks volumes about the true motivation behind this extreme liberal, far-left action, and its consequences. Good for Governor Cuomo’s big city politics, bad New York’s family farms,” said Senator O'Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/omara_cover_farmer3_3.png?itok=EmSX2kYE)