Day laborers, activists protest Oyster Bay ordinance
Quick ReadAbout three dozen people protested an ordinance they say unfairly targets day laborers looking for work.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Day laborers, Latino advocates, and civil rights groups protest Oyster Bay laws, Tuesday, in Oyster Bay. (Dec. 15, 2009)
Day laborers and Latino advocates protest
Holding signs declaring that Oyster Bay has made "standing while Hispanic" a crime, dozens of day laborers, activists and community organizers marched Tuesday morning and then rallied outside Town Hall to protest an ordinance they say unfairly targets day laborers looking for work.
The recently passed law, officially called Section 203-52 Town of Oyster Bay Ordinance, prohibits anyone soliciting...
