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

By Denise M. Bonilla A new Suffolk County program is helping bring food to those who cannot leave their homes. The Suffolk Cares program...

A new Suffolk County program is helping bring food to those who cannot leave their homes. The Suffolk Cares program uses the county’s 311 line to assist residents who are in immediate need of food but don’t have access to a local food pantry. After an assessment is done by a 311 operator, a box containing several days’ worth of nonperishable food — such as pasta, sauce, fruit cups and canned tuna and chicken — from the nonprofit Long Island Cares is delivered within 24 to 30

By Denise M. Bonilla A new Suffolk County program is helping bring food to those who cannot leave their homes. The Suffolk Cares program...

BY DENISE CIVILETTI Las organizaciones sin fines de lucro, que trabajan para ayudar a las personas confinadas que necesitan alimentos,...

By Jean-Paul Salamanca To help parents of East End schoolchildren trying to keep up with their studies at home amid the COVID-19...

By Christine Sampson The Covid-19 pandemic has been disproportionately hard on minority populations. When they call the New York State...

BY BRITTANY INESON Organización Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island is looking to give back as the war against the COVID-19 pandemic...

BY T. E. MCMORROW Ten years, apparently, was not quite enough time for the U.S. Census Bureau to coordinate its plan to count...

By Olivia Winslow As the U.S. Census Bureau gears up for its once-a-decade count of the nation's population, there are efforts underway...

By Rachel Valdespino This year, the 23rd decennial U.S. census will be conducted, and local organizations have been making an effort to...

By Christine Sampson Within the last three weeks, the Holocaust Center of Long Island in Glen Cove was vandalized twice, including one...

By Rachel Valdespino The Organización Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island, or OLA, recently announced that it had received a $100,000...

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

By Brendan J. OReilly For renters on the South Fork who feel that they have been mistreated by their landlords but believe there is...

BY BRIDGET LEROY Organización Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island has hired administrative assistant Erika Padilla as the East...

BY RICK MURPHY Minerva Perez has been named to the NBC News Top 20 national list of influential Latino leaders. The executive director of...

By Vivian Wang The vote in the New York Legislature came after the issue had splintered Democrats, with suburban moderates objecting....

The sky poured streams of water and caused new ponds to form on many Hamptons roads but that didn't stop a crowd from turning out on...

By Hannah Selinger Changes to New York State’s licensing for drivers — and the impact on immigrants — was the impetus for “Restoring...