Remembering Pearl Harbor

Thomas F. O'Mara

December 7, 2011

Veterans

Remembering Pearl Harbor -- December 7, 1941 -- with editorial reflections

from the New York Times

and the New York Post

See this morning's Corning Leader story on a local Pearl Habor survivor.

Legislature approves O'Mara-Lupardo legislation to strengthen oversight of parking ramp safety ~ Collapses and other safety incidents in the Southern Tier highlighted the need for action

June 23, 2016

A parking garage collapse in Johnson City last summer, and other safey concerns in Ithaca and Binghamton, led O'Mara and Lupardo to propose the legislation.

Legislation co-sponsored by O'Mara to strengthen New York's combat heroin efforts being signed into law today by Governor Cuomo ~ Read and watch more

June 22, 2016

Senator O'Mara sponsored a Task Force on Heroin forum in Penn Yan earlier this year.

O’Mara, legislative colleagues welcome Tuskegee Airmen veterans to the Capitol ~ Senate, Assembly approve Legislative Resolution saluting 75th Anniversary

June 21, 2016

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.

Senate and Assembly give final approval to O'Mara's legislation creating ‘Upstate Transit Funding Board' ~ O'Mara: 'The future of our rural, upstate public transportation systems is being put at risk by Albany's one-size-fits-all approach'

June 21, 2016

"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.