Protesters urge Construction company to hire more minority contractors, workers at Hempstead site
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Protesters gathered at the construction site of what is to be the new Rhodes Elementary School in Hempstead to demand that Park East Development, Inc. — the construction company that is building the school — diversify their hiring of contractors. Credit: Newsday / Raychel Brightman