Listen to Senator O'Mara's June 10th 'Newsmaker' interview on WHCU Radio

Thomas F. O'Mara

June 10, 2024

2024 Legislative Session

Senator O'Mara

Senator O'Mara joined WHCU Radio's Joe Salzone on the June 10th "Newsmaker" interview to discuss the recently concluded regular session of the New York State Legislature.

Listen HERE.

O’Mara says New York heading in too many wrong directions after 2021 legislative session: Points to a higher-taxed, less safe future for the state’s citizens and communities (WATCH)

June 11, 2021

It’s unthinkable that the Albany Democrats will continue to let Governor Cuomo sit in Albany, exert total control, and issue directive after directive without any regard for legislative checks and balances, or local input.

Senate and Assembly Republicans keep pushing action to end Cuomo's COVID-19 emergency powers: O'Mara condemns ongoing mask mandate in schools, continues to call for restoring legislative checks and balances and local decision-making

June 8, 2021

It is long past time for the Legislature to go all-in on ending Cuomo’s unilateral powers, restore local decision-making, and get fully on board with a safe, practical, sensible, and badly needed reopening of our local communities and economies.

Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of June 7, 2021 ~ 'Pro-criminal policies reaching right inside prison walls'

June 7, 2021

Senator O'Mara shares his weekly perspective on issues facing New York State government.

O’Mara says ongoing inmate attacks at Elmira Correctional Facility signal need to address prison violence: Governor and Legislature taking actions that put officers at risk

June 2, 2021

These ongoing attacks inside the Elmira Correctional Facility should serve as a stark reminder that steps are needed to better protect corrections officers, prison staff, inmates themselves, and the overall safety and security within the walls of our prisons.