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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of April 6, 2020 ~ 'One priority for all of NY right now'
April 6, 2020
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ISSUE:
- COVID-19
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By now in New York, the hardest hit state in America, we recognize that within county health departments, as well as throughout state and local agencies and organizations across the spectrum, men and women remain working around the clock. It is an unprecedented and, above all else, life-saving marshalling of resources to defeat a common, destructive enemy.
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, "One priority for all of NY right now"
[See above attached copy of Senator O’Mara’s column in The Leader on April 5, 2020]
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