Thread: Southampton Closes Day Labor Hiring Site

Southampton Closes Day Labor Hiring Site


SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) -- A gathering area for day laborers in a little park in Southampton Village has been closed.

The village put yellow "caution'' tape across the entrances to the park across the street from the 7-Eleven on North Sea Road after it received a temporary restraining order from State Supreme Court Justice Peter Fox Cohalan.

The judge said the village can not use the property for "non-park purposes or non-recreational purposes.'' The order will last until a court hearing next Tuesday.

The village has also put up no standing and no parking signs along much of the northern part of North Sea Road in an effort to end the use of the 7-Eleven and the streets near it by day laborers and the contractors who stop to hire them.

Southampton Village Administrator James Van Nostrand said the lawsuit was filed by three people living on Aldrich Lane, who complained that the park was purchased through the Community Preservation Fund, and can not be used for anything but park purposes.


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shows how 3 citizens can change everything