Happy New Year!

Thomas F. O'Mara

December 31, 2011

Best wishes for a safe and successful, meaningful and memorable New Year!

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.

O’Mara, Senate GOP colleagues advance parole reform that ‘puts crime victims and safe communities first’

June 1, 2021

We need to enact legislation that puts crime victims and safe communities first.”