![Senator Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/02-10-15_official_hs_omara-hs-040_0.jpg?itok=gJ9N77KJ)
SENATE ACTS FIRST ON ANTI-HEROIN PACKAGE
Thomas F. O'Mara
June 19, 2014
![](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/2014_Heroin_TaskForce_sidebar_0.png?itok=WkvTWvF1)
The New York State Senate gave its approval tonight to a series of anti-heroin initiatives I'm proud to co-sponsor to respond to the growing heroin crisis across the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions, and statewide.he legislation is scheduled to be approved by the Assembly later tonight or tomorrow.
The measures have been agreed to by Governor Andrew Cuomo and will be signed into law.
It culminates a bipartisan legislative effort started in early April by the Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction, on which I served as a member.
We’ve worked together to quickly respond to one of the most alarming public health and safety threats that we’ve ever faced. We’ve worked together on this comprehensive effort to try to save lives and prevent more heroin-related tragedies regionally and across the state.
Share this Article or Press Release
Newsroom
Go to Newsroom![Senator O'Mara, Assemblyman Palmesano and legislative colleagues at this year's Local Roads Are Essential event at the State Capitol. Senator O'Mara](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/localroads-tom-podium_1.jpg?itok=_bn7Kjvq)
!["Our disgraced ex-governor should never have been allowed to pocket millions upon millions of dollars by enriching himself off of what we now know was a tragic pandemic response," said Senator O'Mara. our disgraced ex-governor should never have been allowed to pocket millions upon millions of dollars by enriching himself off of what we now know was a tragic pandemic response.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/nursing_home_investigation_11.png?itok=qi9v0YyF)
!["Moving forward, I believe our responses would be more reasonable, fair, and, especially, effective with greater input from our local public health professionals and leaders on the front lines," Senator O'Mara said. Moving forward, I believe our responses would be more reasonable, fair, and, especially, effective with greater input from our local public health professionals and leaders on the front lines," O'Mara said.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/capitolpanorama_0_1_42.jpg?itok=EftgvS4x)