Federal stimulus a hit-and-miss for Long Island
Quick ReadRed tape choking off big promises.
New York Paving, Inc. employees work on the first of 15 highway stimulus projects on LI. Photo by John Dunn / July 13, 2009
When the heavy equipment started rolling recently on the first Long Island job funded by stimulus funds in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the local construction industry responded not with cheers but with grumbling.
This project is no Hoover Dam - just $1.7 million worth of parkway concrete repairs that will create 12 to 15 jobs, in a year when Long Island has shed more than 40,000...
