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Senator O'Mara's weekly column ~ for the week of August 24 2020 ~ ‘Future chapters far from written on NY’s response’
August 24, 2020
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It has been an excruciating road that we all have been on since March. It will be a long road back. There’s no time or place now for victory laps.
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...
This week, ‘Future chapters far from written on NY’s response’
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