In the New York State Senate Chamber on Monday, June 10, 2013, Senator Tom O'Mara (R,C-Big Flats) paid a tribute to Penn Yan Academy senior James Burdette as a 2013 recipient of a college scholarship from the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators.

Burdette, who will attend the University at Albany in the fall, was accompanied to the Capitol by members of his family: his mother, Martha, brother, David, and aunt, Mary Ellen.

In the photo above on the Senate floor, from l. to r., are: David, Senator O'Mara, James, Martha and Mary Ellen.

Watch Senator O'Mara's tribute here.