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STEP emergency repair program rolls out on LI

Originally published: November 19, 2012 8:25 PM
Updated: November 19, 2012 9:51 PM
By SARAH CRICHTON sarah.crichton@newsday.com

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Builders, carpenters, electricians and plumbers are ready to go to work on basic emergency home repairs in Suffolk Tuesday as the county starts a federally approved program that began Saturday in Nassau.

"Residents were coming up to us on the street and asking how they could enroll," general contractor Tom Datre said of the Federal Emergency Management Agency program that pays for minor repairs...

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