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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of March 4, 2019 ~ 'After Amazon, reopening the door to new jobs'
March 4, 2019
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We need to take these and other significant steps to reopen the door to new jobs across all of our communities, and to turn New York State’s business climate from one of the worst in the nation to one of America’s best.
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, "After Amazon, reopening the door to new jobs"
[see attached copy above of Senator O'Mara's column in the March 3, 2019 Corning Leader]
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