Media Advisory: State Tackles the Underground Economy in the Finger Lakes Region

ALBANY, NY (06/07/2010)(readMedia)-- "While this announcement is a victory for both workers and taxpayers, we still have a lot of work to do on main streets all across this state in the area of labor law enforcement. If this is happening in Henrietta, NY - at a luxury student housing complex - it's happening everywhere."

- State Labor Commissioner Colleen C. Gardner

On Tuesday, June 8, State Labor Commissioner Colleen C. Gardner will be hosting a press conference in Henrietta detailing the results of a labor law case involving a student housing complex called The Province.

Imagine you become unemployed and can't collect unemployment insurance. Or you get hurt on the job and can't collect disability insurance. Every one of us at one time or another has known someone who has worked off the books. Commissioner Gardner will provide details on one such case, what happened to these workers, and where we go from here.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 8, 2010 – 11 a.m.

WHERE: Across from The Province building site

Corner of John Street and Perkins Road

Henrietta, NY

WHO: State Labor Commissioner Colleen C. Gardner

Officials who participated in the labor law investigation