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Committee Agenda

Posted by Thomas F. O'Mara on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Senate leaders announced 2011 committee assignments.

The Senate Majority conference unveiled its 2011 committee assignments at the Capitol earlier today.  In addition to heading up the Senate Elections Committee as chairman, I’ll also be serving on 10 other committees.

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Getting Started

Posted by Thomas F. O'Mara on Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Senator O'Mara begins his first term by encouraging your comments, ideas, and suggestions for better government.

The election season is long gone, the transitions are well underway, and the swearing-in ceremonies have taken place -- now we're about to get right to work on the 2011 legislative session.

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Legislative Wrap-Up: March 29, 2010

Posted by Senate Blogger 2009 - 2010 on Monday, March 29th, 2010

The New York State Senate Majority passed seven pieces of legislation today including emergency budget appropriations.

S7276 / S7277: These bills enact an emergency spending plan to preserve essential functions of government and protect vital services for the period April 1, 2010 through April 11, 2010.

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Senate Unanimously Approves Special Committee Of Inquiry

Posted by Senate Blogger 2009 - 2010 on Monday, November 9th, 2009

By unanimous vote, the Senate passed a resolution today approving the Special Committee of Inquiry, chaired by Senator Eric T. Schneiderman,  to investigate the conduct for which Senator Hiram Monserrate was convicted by the State Supreme Court of Queens County. The committee’s first official meeting will be held today at 5:00 PM in Capitol Room 124, open press.

The full text of the resolution, offered by Senate Majority Conference Leader John Sampson, is as follows:

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New York Needs a New Way of Budgeting

Posted by David J. Valesky on Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Every passing day brings a sea of news about economic conditions in the nation and state. We are getting a lot of data, some good and some bad.

While no elected official or the legislature in New York State can control the global economy, there is something we can do: plan our budgeting process so that government runs as efficiently as possible, and protect New York State, and its taxpayers, as much as possible from future financial crises.

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