Lawmaker on Long Island Wants Worker Status Verifiedâ€
Lawmaker on Long Island Wants Worker Status Verified
By COREY KILGANNON
Published: February 1, 2008
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — In the latest move on eastern Long Island to crack down on illegal immigrants, a freshman Suffolk County legislator proposed a bill on Thursday that would require the estimated 15,000 licensed contractors there to verify their workers’ legal status.
The legislator, Brian Beedenbender, said the legislation, which would be the first of its kind in the state, would “level the playing field for businessesâ€