Day laborers targeted by Oyster Bay rules, Latino groups say
Quick ReadLatino advocates and civil rights groups say they are going to challenge a town ordinance that prohibits soliciting work on a public road.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Luz Torres, right, hands out fliers in Locust Valley, on Monday, to protest an ordinance that prohibits day laborers from soliciting work. (Dec.14, 2009)
Workers to protest Oyster Bay Town ordinance
The men stand in small clumps along Forest Avenue in the tony enclave of Locust Valley. A country club sits across the street.
Some, like Carlos Enriquez, 34, originally of El Salvador, who now lives in Locust Valley, have long relied on this spot to meet contractors seeking to hire them as day laborers. But signs recently posted by the Town of Oyster Bay foretell trouble. "No stopping pursuant...
