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Center works to rehabilitate ex-cons

Originally published: September 17, 2012 9:26 PM
Updated: September 17, 2012 9:54 PM
By AISHA AL-MUSLIM aisha.al-muslim@newsday.com

Construction worker Sean Hill, right, leans on Evangelist

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | Construction worker Sean Hill, right, leans on Evangelist Reginald Benjamin, executive director of the Able Bodies of Believer's Alliance at the Metro 303 construction site in Hempstead. (Sept. 8, 2012)

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Reginald Benjamin is a man on a mission: to find construction jobs for Hempstead Village residents with criminal records. And the effort has won praise from village officials, developers and residents.

Benjamin, an ex-offender, since June 2011 has helped 128 men and women find full-time and part-time employment through a job-placement program of his faith-based ABBA Leadership Center.

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