Confirmation Meeting

Thomas F. O'Mara

March 23, 2011

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.

January is National Blood Donor Month ~ Find a scheduled blood drive near you

January 8, 2016

January is National Blood Donor Month.

O'Mara will continue as Chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee in 2016 ~ Also named as a member on 9 other Senate committees including Agriculture, Energy, Finance and Transportation

January 7, 2016

Senator O'Mara has been reappointed Chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.

State Senate Labor Committee holding hearing on minimum wage today ~ Watch Live beginning at 11 a.m.

January 7, 2016

The NYS Senate Labor Committee will hold a hearing in Albany on the impact of raising the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour.

O'Mara welcomes call to strengthen New York's Environmental Protection Fund ~ Additional funding also proposed for Water Infrastructure Improvement Act

January 5, 2016

Senator O'Mara supports a stronger state Environmental Protection Fund.