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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of January 14, 2019 ~ 'The high cost of overregulation'
January 14, 2019
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ISSUE:
- regulatory reform
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Beginning in 2014, State Senate Republicans undertook a comprehensive regulatory reform initiative that identified more than 2,000 specific state rules, regulations, and practices that put New York’s businesses and manufacturers, large and small, and other industry sectors at a competitive disadvantage.
Senator O'Mara offers his weekly perspective on many of the key challenges and issues facing the Legislature, as well as on legislative actions, local initiatives, state programs and policies, and more. Stop back every Monday for Senator O'Mara's latest column "From the Capitol..."
This week, "The high cost of overregulation"
[see attached copy above of Senator O'Mara's column in the January 13, 2019 Corning Leader]
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