Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' -- for the week of February 17, 2025 -- 'NY's all-electric school bus mandate still ignoring STOP signs'

February 17, 2025

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This week, "NY's all-electric school bus mandate still ignoring STOP signs"

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The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), acknowledging a growing body of public health data surveying the experience of school systems over the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic, has revised its guidelines to permit 3-foot distancing in school classrooms.

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“This Democrat budget could be the most radical tax-and-spend proposal to ever come out of Albany.

Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of April 5, 2021 ~ ''Recognize libraries in this post-COVID budget"

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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' -- for the week of February 17, 2025 -- 'NY's all-electric school bus mandate still ignoring STOP signs'

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O’Mara says new tax-and-spend budget is reckless: One-party vision sets up a future generation of hard-hit taxpayers

Area state legislators renew call to reopen schools: Point to CDC’s revised guidance and call on Governor Cuomo to revise NY’s distancing mandate to 3 feet

O’Mara rejects fund to make taxpayer-financed payments to undocumented immigrants, recently released inmates: Fund seeks one-time payments approaching $30,000 for some recipients

Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of April 5, 2021 ~ ''Recognize libraries in this post-COVID budget"

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