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Listen to Sen. O'Mara's comments on Gov. Cuomo's 2011-2012 state budget plan
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Listen to Senator O'Mara's on Ithaca's WHCU Morning Newswatch earlier this morning.
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![“The state enacted the local property tax cap in 2011 with a promise to localities and school districts to roll back one of the nation’s heaviest burdens of unfunded state mandates. That promise has not been kept and we still have a lot of work to do to lift the existing burden off the backs of local governments and local property taxpayers,” said Senator O’Mara. “The state enacted the local property tax cap in 2011 with a promise to localities and school districts to roll back one of the nation’s heaviest burdens of unfunded state mandates. That promise has not been kept and we still have a lot of work to do to lift the existing burden off the backs of local governments and local property taxpayers,” said Senator O’Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/conferencecommittee-candid1_newweb_0.png?itok=1lgZj3xC)
!["We must take every step to protect correction officers, prison staff, inmates, and overall safety and security within the walls of our prisons," said Senator O'Mara. "We must take every step to protect correction officers, prison staff, inmates, and overall safety and security within the walls of our prisons," said Senator O'Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/nyscopbarally_newweb_2.jpg?itok=d8YInzLR)