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Nassau construction program helps build futures

Growing up on Terrace Avenue in Hempstead, Tayshaun Wilson, 24, got into dealing drugs - and stayed there until an arrest three years ago got him thinking about his future.

The prospect of a career in construction attracted him, but without a high school degree, he found steady work elusive.

Wilson found a chance to achieve both goals last fall when he joined the first cohort in Nassau...

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