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LI projects' advocates cheer state grants
Photo credit: John Dunn, 2010 | Hempstead Mayor Wayne Hall said that $5 million in state aid will help create jobs and improve the village's sewage system.
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Nassau and Suffolk officials cheered Thursday's announcement by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that dozens of Long Island's most promising projects would receive state grants.
The region was among four in New York awarded more than $100 million each in state aid for initiatives deemed economic and job engines.
In total, 66 Long Island projects received $101.6 million, to be allocated before the...
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