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Housing And Immigration Advocates Oppose Riverhead Rental Restrictions
Wally Ramirez, of OLA of Eastern Long Island, at Riverhead Town Hall on Wednesday. Immigrant advocates oppose a town bill that would...
Tara Smith
Sep 19, 20243 min read
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East Hampton Community Members Say Repeated Power Outages Posing Health, Safety Risk
OLA of Eastern Long Island, a primarily Latino focused organization, has stepped in to help find a solution, holding a meeting Wednesday...
Thema Ponton
Aug 7, 20243 min read
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East Hampton Mobile Home Park Residents Left in the Dark
Jhonny Castillo and Paola Castro are among the residents of the East Hampton Village Manufactured Home Community who attended a...
Jack Motz
Jul 18, 20245 min read
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OLA Hires Two Lawyers Who Will Help Bolster Mission of Organization
For more than 20 years, OLA — the Latino-focused advocacy nonprofit that serves eastern Long Island — has been working to support,...
Cailin Riley
Jul 19, 20235 min read
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OLA Celebrates 20 Years of Advocacy on the East End
OLA staff members are celebrating 20 years of working for a more equitable East End for Latino immigrants. Here they are pictured at the...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Jul 29, 20228 min read
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OLA Beefs Up Eviction, Youth Deportation Assistance
By Timothy Bolger East End renters facing eviction proceedings and immigrant children at risk of deportation have new legal resources at...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Mar 16, 20222 min read
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Opponents blast Riverhead’s proposed housing code changes as discriminatory against immigrants
By Denise Civiletti Opponents of Riverhead’s proposed rental housing code revisions packed the Town Hall meeting room Tuesday night to...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Aug 19, 202112 min read
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Wainscott Tenant Fights Ejectment Proceeding Amid Eviction Moratorium
By Brendan J. O’Reilly Despite New York State’s eviction moratorium remaining in place through August 31, a tenant in Wainscott faces an...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Jul 26, 20217 min read
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Attorney Jack Lester Helping OLA Help Renters Wronged By Landlords
By Brendan J. OReilly For renters on the South Fork who feel that they have been mistreated by their landlords but believe there is...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Nov 5, 20196 min read
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Immigrants Evicted From East Hampton Motel Ahead Of Renovations
The Inn at East Hampton will undergo renovations and become a hotel, according to its owners, who have evicted several immigrant families...
Rachelle Blidner
Aug 31, 20172 min read
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Southampton Hires FBI Agent To Lead Public Safety Department
Steven Troyd, who will soon take over the new Southampton Town department of public safety and emergency preparedness. Credit: FBI An FBI...
Rachelle Blidner
Aug 16, 20172 min read
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East Hampton Town Hall To Host Discussion On Tenants' Rights
By Jon Winkler Town officials will hold a community meeting later this month on tenants rights and civil and criminal issues in the...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Oct 31, 20162 min read
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