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Prosecutors: 42 unlicensed contractors charged

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Forty-two unlicensed contractors were nailed in an enforcement sweep in Nassau County, with four of them facing felony charges after they stole thousands from homeowners "for improvements that were either not finished or never even started," prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Long Island Taxpayer

Jersey City, NJ

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It appears that there are going to be a number of illegal immigrants without work with all of these contractors being but out of business.

GoFY

West Babylon, NY

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Great, hee are a group of individuals trying to earn a living, trying not to pay ransom to their local government, so what happens?

What always happens. The boot come down on the neck of the little guy while the pr-icks in the mansions rob everybody blind.

I can't wait for this country to collapse under its own weight. No wonder nobody wants to work hard anymore. When you do, the government just comes in an robs you blind.

dont you judge me

New York, NY

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nothing better than a good ole game of mouse trap, to get Rices blood pumping.. yea we got the vermin

little devil

Huntington, NY

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Play by the rules guys!

Great

Huntington Station, NY

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This is good. Now lets go after all of the greedy businessmen who hire illegal invaders so they don't have to pay Americans a living wage. Start with the local restaurants.

Jimmy Crack Corn

Freeport, NY

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When are we going to deport all the illegals they were hiring?

wow

Holbrook, NY

Awsome the private sector has been rapeing the public for years now. The corruption and lawlessness has been disgusting and costing the taxpayers billions in supporting their illegal work forces. They are ruining the economy...

italian stallion

Bay Shore, NY

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a lot if italians

momma chamberlin

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gee after being made a fool of by judge george peck in one of her bogus DWI cases,she fires old reliable fred klien and turns her "power" on some poor schleps trying to make a buck,of course backing the wealthy on their false claims of unfinished work,biggest scam in the county hire "unliscensed" contracters than claim the work wasnt completed.hopefully fred klien runs for the district attorney seat,get some sanity back in mineola

JamesG

Bayside, NY

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GoFY wrote:

Great, hee are a group of individuals trying to earn a living, trying not to pay ransom to their local government, so what happens?
What always happens. The boot come down on the neck of the little guy while the pr-icks in the mansions rob everybody blind.
I can't wait for this country to collapse under its own weight. No wonder nobody wants to work hard anymore. When you do, the government just comes in an robs you blind.

So you are ok with all of these "individuals" who stole money from people, and either didn't do any work or never completed it?

There is a reason contractors need to have a license, mostly to prove they have insurance in case they do something stupid like burn your house down (it happens more often than you think).

How about all of these clowns just follow the law and not try to game the system so they can pay illegals with cash, get paid with cash and never pay any taxes while they plead poverty.

If all of the clowns in NY who work for cash actually paid proper taxes, the rest of our tax bills would go down and we would all be paying less.

But go ahead, defend the criminals. I don't like paying taxes, our government is way, way too big, but these guys are not the ones who deserve any sympathy. I'll save mine for those of us that do.

Whack-A-Mole

New York, NY

They'll just pop up somewhere else... like Whack-A-Mole.

get out now

Westbury, NY

Lesson learned, call illegal aliens by lets say 'unlicenses immigrants' and maybe the county or state will set up traps for them.

Doubtful of course, instead the taxpayers can pay for them.

Let me guess

East Meadow, NY

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any of them do the work on Kate Murrays house.

momma chamberlin

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JamesG wrote:

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So you are ok with all of these "individuals" who stole money from people, and either didn't do any work or never completed it?
There is a reason contractors need to have a license, mostly to prove they have insurance in case they do something stupid like burn your house down (it happens more often than you think).
How about all of these clowns just follow the law and not try to game the system so they can pay illegals with cash, get paid with cash and never pay any taxes while they plead poverty.
If all of the clowns in NY who work for cash actually paid proper taxes, the rest of our tax bills would go down and we would all be paying less.
But go ahead, defend the criminals. I don't like paying taxes, our government is way, way too big, but these guys are not the ones who deserve any sympathy. I'll save mine for those of us that do.

you're the just the "type" that hires the unliscensed,anything to save a buck.then demand more after the cash transaction knowing the person you just "hired" has nowhere to turn,it takes two

Out in Suffold

AOL

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The Nassau License is a complete joke. At least in Suffolk the Contractor has to take a test of some sort to get the license and then needs to prove that they carry Insurance.

In Nassau you write them a check for about $400 and they give you a license. What's the point of that??- Besides the income Nassau derives from the fee????

reality check

Wantagh, NY

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If we all make sure that we only hire licensed insured legal contractors and landscapers there would not be any problems.You know the one's without any identification on their trucks.If it wasn't for the cheap homeowner's {rules don't apply to me mentality}they wouldn't exist.I've got one up the block with a big STOP WORK order in the window.Too bad.

patty

Deer Park, NY

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GoFy- can u even read?? these contractors arent innocent, hard working individuals! they took money, thousands of dollars for work they never performed and never intended to. maybe you should learn to read next time. or maybe you are a crooked contractor yourself.

GoFY wrote:

Great, hee are a group of individuals trying to earn a living, trying not to pay ransom to their local government, so what happens?
What always happens. The boot come down on the neck of the little guy while the pr-icks in the mansions rob everybody blind.
I can't wait for this country to collapse under its own weight. No wonder nobody wants to work hard anymore. When you do, the government just comes in an robs you blind.

tax payer

Whitestone, NY

momma chamberlin wrote:

gee after being made a fool of by judge george peck in one of her bogus DWI cases,she fires old reliable fred klien and turns her "power" on some poor schleps trying to make a buck,of course backing the wealthy on their false claims of unfinished work,biggest scam in the county hire "unliscensed" contracters than claim the work wasnt completed.hopefully fred klien runs for the district attorney seat,get some sanity back in mineola

Maybe if they paid taxes like all of us who work in the real world, I wouldn't mind. Most, if not all of these guys dont pay income taxes on the money they earn, don't pay payroll taxes, social security, medicaide, etc... all us taxpayers foot the bill for these people

Ryan

Littleton, CO

Jimmy Crack Corn wrote:

When are we going to deport all the illegals they were hiring?

When we learn the secrets to making a good burrito that will happen

do it do it

Huntington, NY

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anyone dumb enough to hand over a $40k check to a unlicensed contractor shouldnt be able to recoup the $$ bc they just paid for a good education.

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