hamptons

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Via NY Post.

Ritzy Hamptonites who oppose their town’s affordable-housing plan aren’t racist — they just don’t like poor people, town officials say.

“Most opponents would prefer the people who mow their lawns, cook their food, and baby-sit their children live elsewhere,” said East Hampton Housing Authority director Catherine Casey, who developed the $18-million proposal to build a 40-unit housing complex in Amagansett.

Tensions are simmering quietly as more minorities settle in the beachfront enclave which counts Paul McCartney, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jerry Seinfeld among its denizens. The area’s Latino population surged 166 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to US Census figures….

But Casey insisted, “It’s not that they don’t want Latinos, it’s that they don’t want poor people.”

More than 200 East Hampton naysayers signed a petition protesting the town’s plan, citing concerns over traffic and taxes.

“The town will be changed for the worse and forever if the construction is permitted,” wrote Amagansett resident Alan Blum….

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NY Post: Affordable housing plan has Hamptons residents fuming

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4 Comments | Leave a comment
  1. Vintageport says:

    Welp, there goes the neighborhood and here comes the barrio.

  2. Alain41 says:

    But you have to say Happy Holidays and bake cakes for Gay weddings to be inclusive. It’s all just Acts of Love.

  3. Minnie says:

    Watch out Hamptons ! Obama’s fair housing reg’s will now get you . Right ? Let’s settle a few thousand Muslim Refugees . See how you liberal jerks feel about that !

  4. VelvetHammer says:

    Oooops, that’s “transparent”!

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