As the Daily News reported Monday, Republican Sens. Thomas O'Mara of Chemung County, who Flanagan appointed vice chairman of the Transportation Committee, and Patty Ritchie of St. Lawrence County, who was named
deputy vice chairwoman of the Health Committee, each got the higher $ 15,000 chairmen stipends instead of the $ 12,500 they were both due for heading the Environmental Conservation and Agriculture committees, respectively.