BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The confounding problem of unfilled jobs amid high unemployment has New York education and business leaders brainstorming for solutions.

“I think what we’ve got is a skills crisis and not a jobs crisis,” said Stanley Litow, a vice president at IBM, which has been pursuing collaborations with high schools and colleges to create pipelines of potential employees.

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