![Senator Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/02-10-15_official_hs_omara-hs-040_0.jpg?itok=gJ9N77KJ)
My very best wishes to all of you throughout this holiday season
Thomas F. O'Mara
![](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/StateCapitol-Christmas_3.jpg?itok=AYvRhUtM)
My very best wishes to all of you for a safe, a meaningful, and a memorable holiday season.
Share this In the News
Newsroom
Go to Newsroom![The veterans in the front row are, from left to right: William J. Johnson of Glen Cove, Audley Coulthurst of Harlem, Wilford R. DeFour of Harlem, and Herbert C. Thorpe of Brooklyn. Michael Joseph of Corning is standing to Senator O’Mara’s immediate left in the photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/tuskegeeairemen-newweb.jpg?itok=T7UQxlTq)
!["The future of public transportation in our rural, Upstate regions is being put at risk by Albany’s ongoing attempt at a statewide, one-size-fits-all approach to these local systems," said Senator O'Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/schuylerbusbannerpark4_0.jpg?itok=2N2wzZoV)
![Senator O'Mara and Assemblyman Palmesano sponsored the legislation.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/palmesano-and-omara_newweb.jpg?itok=3Egda2nl)