OLA in the News

“You don’t want to be associated in the Christmas Story with the innkeeper who boxed out the Holy Family and forced them to have the...

Proposed changes to assess English-language skills worry some who have passed By Olivia Winslow Andrés Espinosa's hopes and dreams were...

For more than 20 years, OLA — the Latino-focused advocacy nonprofit that serves eastern Long Island — has been working to support,...

Wanda Sánchez Day, left, and Lucía Damerau, attorneys hired by OLA of Eastern Long Island. Courtesy photos: OLA OLA of Eastern Long...

Southampton Press Editorial Often, great things come from modest beginnings. What started out 20 years ago as a small advisory board to...

By Vera Chinese and Michael Gormley Immigration advocates gathered outside the Suffolk County Legislature Tuesday speaking out against...

By Alek Lewis Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar. File photo: Alek Lewis Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar extended and expanded the...

By Denise Civiletti Opponents of Riverhead’s proposed rental housing code revisions packed the Town Hall meeting room Tuesday night to...

By Michael Wright United States Census Bureau workers began going door-to-door on the South Fork last week as the nationwide population...

By Anabel Sosa Local officials and community advocates are asking residents of East Hampton Town to complete their census forms. Only...

By David Taylor The East End is home to skilled artists, brilliant writers, top chefs and other local celebrities known for their...

Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara Lucius Ware of the Eastern Long Island branch of the NAACP delivers one of the recomendations put...

Steven Troyd, who will soon take over the new Southampton Town department of public safety and emergency preparedness. Credit: FBI An FBI...

By Michael Wright In a week when immigrant advocacy groups staged protests around the region against President Donald Trump’s efforts to...

OLA of Eastern Long Island was contacted by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office to assist with a series of presentations and...

By Katie Blasl Though the East End’s Latino population has grown explosively over the past decade, you wouldn’t know it by looking at the...