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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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![“We have always stood together with New York’s county and town highway superintendents, and local leaders, and we will continue to do everything we can to raise awareness and call for legislative support. Local roads are essential to New York’s future. We have an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen this state’s commitment. State investment in local transportation infrastructure is a fundamental responsibility and critical to the strength and success of local communities, economies, environments, governments, and taxpayers," Senator O'Mara and Assemblyman Palmesano said. “We have always stood together with New York’s county and town highway superintendents, and local leaders, and we will continue to do everything we can to raise awareness and call for legislative support. Local roads are essential to New York’s future. We have an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen this state’s commitment. State investment in local transportation infrastructure is a fundamental responsibility and critical to the strength and success of local communities, economies, environments, gove](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/localroads-candid3_edited-newsfeed.jpg?itok=a6KyEd7E)
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