The creation of the day-labor task force by Mayor Michael Bloomberg is gaining support from home construction companies in Flushing, Queens. Although some companies are still taking a wait-and-see attitude, many business owners are already looking forward to the day when day laborers are no longer loitering on the sidewalks.

Many day laborers, however, are concerned that the center will charge them for its services.

Mr. Tang, who was waiting for work one morning on 19th Street, said that “somebody has to pay for the center.” He thinks that the laborers are the ones who will be charged.

Mr. Zhao, another day laborer, pessimistic that he will ever see the center, considers that the day laborer’s plight a complicated issue.

But two other laborers said that they hope it would be built as soon as possible so that they do not have to endure sunburn and snow blisters while waiting for work anymore. Mr. Yan and Mr. Li, owners of a home construction company, said that they support the creation of a day labor center “so we know where to find willing workers.” But Mr. Yu is also worried that the center will turn into an employment agency and create new problems.

Day laborers often gather around restaurants at the intersection of Main Street and Franklin Avenue in Flushing, Queens. Restaurants owners in that area mostly support the creation of a center. One manager, who requested not to be identified, said that while waiting for to be picked up, potential laborers leave garbage and cigarette butts – a nuisance to restaurant owners. He said that his restaurant has been ticketed several times for the garbage left by day laborers. He hopes the center will help in solving this problem for them.

Mr. Zhao, whose drugstore on 40th Road and Prince Street is another pick-up spot, also said that laborers usually arrive before he gets to work. By the time he opens his store, there is already garbage scattered around, which “doesn’t look very nice for the city.”