Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol -- for the week of September 29, 2025 -- "Will Albany finally act to make changes to HALT?"

Thomas F. O'Mara

October 3, 2025

Prisons; Corrections Officers; DOCCS; HALT Act

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Senator O'Mara offers his weekly perspective on many of the key challenges and issues facing the Legislature.

Ever since, New York’s approach to a rising tide of unrest and violence within the state’s prisons has been rife with questionable strategies, shortcomings, and outright failures that led to the breaking point and resulted in correctional officers striking earlier this year.

Senator O'Mara offers his weekly perspective on many of the key challenges and issues facing the Legislature, as well as on legislative actions, local initiatives, state programs and policies, and more. Stop back every Monday for Senator O'Mara's latest column...

This week, "Will Albany finally act to make changes to HALT?"

Senate Environmental Conservation Committee approves O'Mara legislation establishing paint recycling program: O’Mara urges Assembly action in 2017, says measure would cut costly burden on local governments and foster government-industry cooperation

February 14, 2017

“Working together can go a long ways on reaching an end result on other important issues that would benefit our state fiscally, economically and environmentally. The Assembly Democratic leadership should take action this session,” said Senator O'Mara, chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.

National Donor Day: February 14, 2017

February 14, 2017

February 14, 2017 is National Donor Day.

National Salute to Veteran Patients Week, February 12-18, 2017

February 13, 2017

Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of February 13, 2017 ~ 'Let's paint a different picture'

February 13, 2017

Senator O'Mara shares his weekly perspective on issues facing New York State government.