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Thomas F. O'Mara

December 31, 2015

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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of April 12, 2021 ~ 'New budget of missed opportunities and a troubling future'

April 12, 2021

Senator O'Mara shares his weekly perspective on issues facing New York State government.

O’Mara says new tax-and-spend budget is reckless: One-party vision sets up a future generation of hard-hit taxpayers

April 7, 2021

”This Albany Democrat giveaway goes far beyond any reasonable sense of fairness, responsibility, or sustainability for hard-working, taxpaying citizens."

Area state legislators renew call to reopen schools: Point to CDC’s revised guidance and call on Governor Cuomo to revise NY’s distancing mandate to 3 feet

April 6, 2021

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), acknowledging a growing body of public health data surveying the experience of school systems over the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic, has revised its guidelines to permit 3-foot distancing in school classrooms.

O’Mara rejects fund to make taxpayer-financed payments to undocumented immigrants, recently released inmates: Fund seeks one-time payments approaching $30,000 for some recipients

April 5, 2021

“This Democrat budget could be the most radical tax-and-spend proposal to ever come out of Albany.