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Hempstead school renamed for Paterson

Published: December 18, 2010 10:15 PM
By DAN JANISON AND MATTHEW CHAYES.  dan.janison@newsday.com,, matthew.chayes@newsday.com

Gov. David Paterson speaks during an interview at

Photo credit: AP | Gov. David Paterson speaks during an interview at the Capitol in Albany. (Nov. 30, 2010)

With two weeks left to his governorship, David A. Paterson returned to Hempstead Saturday for a singular honor: The renaming for him of his old elementary school.

Paterson was born in Brooklyn, but his parents moved to Hempstead after New York City school officials wanted to place him in special education or classes for the blind.

Fulton Elementary School was one place a visually impaired...

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