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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of June 10, 2019 ~ 'A bad move for all the wrong reasons'
June 10, 2019
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ISSUE:
- Illegal Immigrants
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Here we go again. I warned before the start of the 2019 legislative session that New York State was about to be turned upside down in this era of one-party, Democratic rule.
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, "A bad move for all the wrong reasons"
[See the attached copy above of Senator O'Mara's column in The Leader on June 9, 2019]
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