May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month ~ Read more from the Senate Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases

Thomas F. O'Mara

May 11, 2015

Health

Environmental Conservation

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month.

Find out more from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HERE.

Senator O'Mara continues to serve as a member of the Senate Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases.

Read more in the May 11th Elmira Star-Gazette, "Lyme disease 'a nightmare' without diagnosis"

O’Mara named ‘Legislator of the Year’ by the American Red Cross

February 6, 2019

American Red Cross-Finger Lakes Chapter Executive Director Brian McConnell congratulates Senator O’Mara following this year’s “Legislator of the Year” awards ceremony in Albany. The Finger Lakes Chapter covers Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties.

O’Mara continues to push legislation to end unfunded state mandates

January 31, 2019

Senator O’Mara said the legislation keeps attention focused on the need for New York to provide mandate relief to local governments and school districts.

O’Mara reminds homeowners in Chemung, Schuyler, other regional counties that February 4 is the deadline to apply for state relief funds: State fund open to homeowners hit by August 2018 flooding

January 30, 2019

Senator O'Mara and Assemblyman Palmesano survey last summer's flooding damage.

Local, state and federal agencies issue safety reminders as temperatures plunge below zero

January 30, 2019

Temperatures are expected to plunge well below zero this weekend.