May 6, 2026
FROM STATE SENATOR TOM O’MARA: “I joined other members of the Senate Republican Conference to meet with members of the Albany press corps at the Capitol following Monday’s legislative session to discuss the late state budget. Watch my opening remarks at the news conference here.
“I don’t think we have any moderation going on in these budget discussions,” O’Mara told reporters, remaining critical of a budget adoption process keeping New Yorkers in the dark over the details of what’s being negotiated by Governor Kathy Hochul and the Democrat-led State Legislature. “The budget just continues to grow, seemingly exponentially from year to year. It’s unsustainable. Somebody needs to be in check on where this spending is going because seeing what it’s leading to, which is New Yorkers fleeing the state.”
