Article: KINGSTON EAGERLY AWAITS ARRIVAL OF STATE JOBS.(MAIN)

Byline: MICHAEL MCKEON Staff writer

KINGSTON Alittle more than two years ago, just as Jimmy Kotsiaopoulos was finishing up a $340,000 renovation project at his Texas Diner, IBM announced 6,000 layoffs at its Kingston plant. It was a blow that he still feels today.

``It really didn't work out to make the place bigger,'' said Kotsiaopoulos, who got 30 percent of his business from IBM before the layoffs hit. ``It has hurt everyone, not just me.''

For all the complaints that Gov. George Pataki has gotten from Capital Region leaders for his plan to consolidate 49 data centers in Kingston, East Fishkill and Endicott, he has been hailed as a ...

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