East Hampton residents upset over influx of immigrant labourers

Big Schadenfreude smile. I love it when limousine liberals finally suffer from the policies they promote.

Residents of East Hampton tense over rising immigrant population
Claim multiple families living in single-family homes are raising taxes and driving down property values

The small town of East Hampton has gained a reputation as the playground for New York’s well-heeled elite, a place to spend the idle summer months in their million-dollar homes.

But some of its wealthy residents are upset at an influx of less well-heeled workers who they say are lowering the quality of life and diminishing the appearance of the quaint Long Island town.

A campaign group is focusing on the Springs area of East Hampton, dubbing itself ‘Unoccupy Springs’ and calling for an end to multiple families of low-wage workers living under one roof.

While the group insists that race, religion, and creed do not factor in, most of the residents are from ethnic minorities – many of them immigrants – and find employment servicing the area’s luxury properties.

Carol Saxe Buda,the creator of group Unoccupy Springs, told the New York Times that regardless of race, crowding in homes is bad for business, adding that multiple families’ children all living under one roof caused an imbalance in taxes.

Ms Buda said in a recent town hall meeting that the people using single-family dwellings for multiple families were not committing ‘victimless crimes.’

via East Hampton residents upset over influx of immigrant labourers | Mail Online.

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