On LI, study sees immigrants as economic boost
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | Saul Linares of Hempstead, right, holds the American Flag along with others outside Sen. Charles Schumer's Long Island office in Melville. (Mar. 4, 2010)
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Immigrants on Long Island add needed workers to the local labor force, creating new businesses and joining a wider variety of occupations than generally recognized, a new study finds.
The Manhattan-based Fiscal Policy Institute, which will release the study results today at a Hofstra University conference, analyzed census data during three boom years - 1990, 2000 and 2007 - and concluded immigrants...
