An Astoria contractor was found to have cheated three immigrant workers out of $735,000 in prevailing wages and benefits by City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
Astoria General Contracting Corp. has been debarred from doing work with the city and state for five years related to its underpayment of three Latino workers who repaired and installed metal rolling doors or gates, grills and fences at various public schools around the city.
Astoria General, located at 35-34 31st Street, must pay more than $1.1 million in wages and benefits plus interest and civil penalties.
“My office has zero tolerance for unscrupulous contractors who attempt to cheat workers out of their rightfully owed prevailing wages and benefits,” Stringer said. “Paying workers a fair wage is not a choice, it’s the law. Three men are going to get the wages they deserve and another contractor has learned the hard way that we take our enforcement of the prevailing wage very seriously.”
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"Immigrant workers"? Were they legal? Did they pay taxes? Shouldn't we know this before our taxpayer funded city employees arrange a big payday where the city lawyer gets 1/3?
Sanctuary city!
The business will close and be liquidated.
The city will get $25,000 if we are lucky.
Another million dollar boondoggle.
They will reopen under a new LLC in a few months and stay away from city contracts for a while.
He will hire the same ILLEGALS back, and everyone will be happy...
The owner will no doubt vote for Trump, Carson, etc. I know that type and deal with them every week.
Wave a flag. Screw the workers and cheat the government.
#3 are you nuts,it's your party waving the flag and screwing American workers by flooding the labor pool with illegals and as for cheating the government LOL
This government under your party is organized crime but keep up the talking points comrade you have earned a New Red Armband
"#3 are you nuts,it's your party waving the flag and screwing American workers by flooding the labor pool with illegals and as for cheating the government LOL
This government under your party is organized crime but keep up the talking points comrade you have earned a New Red Armband "
You are either living in a fantasy world, or purposely obfuscating.
ALL migrant workers on farms, workers in meat and poultry processing. Nearly All non-union construction, landscaping and home "nannies" are from Latin America or Asia.
Most of their employers are "great Americans" who love the docile and lower cost workers who are unlikely to unionize (so they hope).
Whatever the republicans say, absolutely nothing will change.
The owner will no doubt vote for Trump, Carson, etc. I know that type and deal with them every week.
Wave a flag. Screw the workers and cheat the government.
Really big guy? Maybe is the other way around.
You can vote for more H1B visas and more corruption if you like it so much.
Illegal is such a derogatory term!
RACISTS
Please call them by their less offensive true names:
UNDOCUMENTED DEMOCRATS...
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