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Thankful for our firefighters and first responders
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
October 20, 2025
We’re coming off National Fire Safety and Prevention Week when numerous area fire departments throughout the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions he...
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Will Albany finally act to make changes to HALT?
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
September 29, 2025
It began under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who pursued a misguided, politically driven penchant for rapidly closing state prisons, which led to overcrow...
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A system that keeps failing to put taxpayers first
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
September 15, 2025
The latest on Medicaid spending in New York comes from the state comptroller, who came out with an audit that “found close to $1.2 billion in managed ...
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Another pro-criminal law that needs to be fixed
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
August 26, 2025
Sometimes in public policymaking the most important responsibility of all is to recognize a bad law and make it better, to admit that you got it wrong...
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One of New York’s greatest success stories
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
July 30, 2025
The rebirth and spectacular rise of New York State’s wine and grape industry over the past generation — joined by, especially over the past decade, th...
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Summer project No. 1: Reading list
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
June 30, 2025
The great American author Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” Once again this summer, I am happy to be joining my co...
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NYC Democrats set sights on dairy industry
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
June 11, 2025
"To say that I’m a frustrated dairy farmer in New York state would be an understatement. I don’t understand how a bill like this even gets remotely th...
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