OLA in the News

Latino immigrants care for some of America’s most lavish beachside mansions. Their disappearance would affect the wealthy, too. Latino...

Mass deportations. It’s become the catchphrase for the terror, cruelty, heartlessness and chaos many associate with the pending Donald...

OLA of Eastern Long Island, a primarily Latino focused organization, has stepped in to help find a solution, holding a meeting Wednesday...

Jhonny Castillo and Paola Castro are among the residents of the East Hampton Village Manufactured Home Community who attended a...

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, right, arrives for a court appearance An advocacy group that supports Latino residents on...

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

OLA lanza encuesta para visibilizar la agresión sexual contra menores y los obstáculos que se encuentran en la búsqueda de justicia Según...

OLA Launches Survey to Improve Reporting Processes for Child Victims of Sexual Assault At age 7, Isabella Martinez was quiet, until she...

OLA staff members are celebrating 20 years of working for a more equitable East End for Latino immigrants. Here they are pictured at the...

By Christopher Walsh Upbeat report on police-community relations, but 'room for improvement' "We need a more diverse police force,"...

By Michael Wright A town committee that has been exploring how the East Hampton Police Department is viewed by the community, and how the...

By Staff Writer Teen vaping and drug use is the focal point of a Latino parent initiative launched on February 16, with a forum organized...

Southampton Town Police Chief Steven Skrynecki said the department does not have the "mechanics" to collect racial data during traffic...

By Brendan J. OReilly In light of the New York State Legislature’s repeal of “Section 50-a,” a provision of state law that had stopped...

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

By Maria Piedrabuena La policía de Riverhead realizó un curso de capacitación sobre diversidad para fomentar mejores relaciones con la...

By Kelly Zegers Members of the Riverhead Town Police Department recently completed a five-week diversity training course meant to dispel...

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 Jean-Paul Salamanca Southampton Town Police and an East End nonprofit are teaming up to resurrect a program to help promote...