April 15, 2007. This examination of  the affordable housing construction industry reveals evidence of a huge underground economy in which thousands of workers are paid off the books or misclassified as independent contractors. The results include widespread employer evasion of payroll taxes and social insurance premiums, and the undercutting of wage and benefit standards.

• Press release
• Report
• A series of stories in the Daily News describing the human side of FPI’s report, starting with Danger and ripoffs are on the rise
• A follow up story on Mayor Bloomberg’s reaction: We’ll make quick fix, Mike vows.