Twelve-year-old runner from Big Flats wins national championship!

Thomas F. O'Mara

March 14, 2013

Bryce Derick, 12, a sixth-grader at Horseheads Intermediate school, is now a hometown national champion.

Congratulations Bryce!

Read more in The Leader...

O’Mara sponsoring online Summer Reading Program ~ Senate teams up with NYS Library and local public libraries on summer long effort to encourage young readers

June 27, 2016

"Our region is incredibly fortunate to have such an outstanding network of public libraries," Senator O'Mara said.

O'Mara joins Cornell University leaders, Cuomo administration officials, others to unveil initial recommendations of the NYS Pollinator Task Force ~ Press conference held at Cornell University earlier today ~ Read more, including a copy of the full plan

June 24, 2016

Senator O'Mara stresses the importance of a NYS Pollinator Protection Plan at this morning's news conference at Cornell University's Dyce Lab.

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.