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Article #2210Re: L.I. Town Sues House Owners Over Immigrants
From: arminius
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:10
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:10
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<johnny@.> wrote in message news:xoSGe.21372$h.13938@bignews6.bellsouth.net... > By BRUCE LAMBERT > Published: July 30, 2005 > > Extending a crackdown on single-family houses that are overcrowded with > immigrant workers, Brookhaven town officials have taken court action > against the owners of three properties that inspectors say were occupied > by about 90 men. > > The officials cited numerous violations at the houses, including open > cesspools with sewage flowing into an adjacent yard and a garage > converted to sleeping quarters with five beds, according to a Brookhaven > spokeswoman, Inez Birbiglia. > > The town says it is investigating 440 such houses, 140 of them > concentrated in Farmingville, where tensions have risen with the influx > of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Mexico. Men seeking work > congregate on corners, prompting demonstrations for and against their > presence, and some immigrants have been the victims of assault and arson. > > A political furor erupted last month when the town started its crackdown > on overcrowding with the publicized closing of a small house that held > up to 64 men and the arrest of its owner. Later the town obtained court > orders requiring the owners of six more houses to comply with town > codes. On Thursday, Justice Ralph Costello of State Supreme Court in > Riverhead issued orders on the latest three houses. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/30/nyregion/30raid.html
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