What part of ILLEGAL don’t they understand? We are not their caretakers, I am sure these jobs they are have a desire to do could very easily be done by kids that are home from school on summer vacation or the unemployed collecting off the system. If they know where these illegals are they need to collect them up and incarcerate them.
In Legislature, Vote Is Closer on Sales Tax for Suffolk
GARDEN CITY, N.Y., July 30 — A solution appears closer — but not yet final — in a dispute over immigration that has stalled a crucial Suffolk County sales tax in the State Legislature.
Some legislators said on Monday that they had agreed to renew the tax when they return to Albany in September, but leaders of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus sounded a more cautious note.
Until the sales tax is officially extended, said Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive, he would face draconian property tax increases and service cuts to fill the budget gap, projected at $280 million.
“We’re not popping any Champagne bottles, because we still don’t have the money, and I have to prepare a budget” to meet legal deadlines the next few weeks, Mr. Levy said. “Despite the promises, which I hope will come to fruition, we’re still in limbo.”
The underlying issue is Mr. Levy’s policies against illegal immigration, which have gained national attention and rankled the minority group caucus.
The caucus has been especially keen on creating a hiring center to move day laborers off street corners, where their presence is a sore point to many Suffolk residents. To pressure Mr. Levy to support such a center, the caucus blocked what normally would be a routine extension of a 1 percent county sales tax.
Mr. Levy in turn accused the caucus of political blackmail and unfairly jeopardizing Suffolk residents. He refused to drop his opposition to hiring centers, though he noted that he had no power to block a state-funded center. more–>
