Letter to Governor Hochul Urging an Increase to Funding for New York’s Rape Crisis Centers, Domestic Violence Centers and Child Advocacy Centers

August 21, 2026

OVS Funding Letter.pdf

Holster Maker Marked for Power Allocation

December 1, 2016

This room inside the Buffalo Niagara Gun Range is where owner Tom Kulwicki and his team will manufacture gun holsters

Canadian Company Pride Pak Operations Are Up and Running in Orleans County

November 30, 2016

Members of the Karr family cut the ribbon this afternoon for Pride Pak’s new 68,000-square-foot vegetable processing and packaging plant in Medina. Steve Karr, fourth from left, is the company president and founder. He is pictured with his children, from left: Jennifer Pappas, quality director; Angelo Karr, vice president; Steve Karr’s wife Elsie (in back); Steve Karr; Greg Karr, vice president of procurement; and State Sen. Robert Ortt.

Ortt Secures State Funding in Support of Medina Business Park

November 30, 2016

Pride Pak CEO Steven Karr gives Senator Ortt and other local lawmakers a tour of the new $30 million dollar facility in Medina

Several of Ortt’s Bills Signed into Law

November 29, 2016