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Tappan Zee job seminar in Elmsford draws 300, many unemployed

More than 200 people attend a public forum

Photo credit: Angela Gaul | More than 200 people attend a public forum for job seekers wanting to work on the new Tappan Zee Bridge construction project at the Greenburgh Public Library. (Feb. 7, 2013)

Some 300 people, many of them out of work and eager to rejoin the workforce, turned out in Elmsford Thursday to see if the Cuomo administration will make good on its promise to create tens of thousands of jobs for the Hudson Valley during construction of a new Tappan Zee Bridge.

They left the Tappan Zee Bridge job seminar hopeful that in the coming months, promise will turn into a paycheck.

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