OLA of Eastern Long Island

OLA's proposed law in no way impedes federal authorities, or ICE in particular, from exercising their duties. Here's why it merits open discussion.

Local residents continue to push Riverhead officials to consider a law proposed by the East End Latino advocacy group OLA concerning ICE enforcement.

Latino advocacy group says its revised public safety proposal reflects feedback from other East End municipalities, but Riverhead has not committed to discussing it.

OLA urged Riverhead to consider a public safety law tied to ICE activity the organization is asking all East End towns and villages to adopt.

The Riverhead-based Butterfly Effect Project was among 15 nonprofit organizations awarded a total of $378,000 by the Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund in support of their efforts to advance social change.

Supervisor Tim Hubbard said he intends to renew the emergency order first issued by his predecessor in May 2023 as long as there's "even a remote possibility" that asylum seekers might be brought here.

Representatives of Latino advocacy and immigrant support groups urged the Riverhead Town Board to have empathy for refugees from foreign countries and called on the supervisor to rescind her emergency order.

OLA of Eastern Long Island (Organización Latino Americana) has hired a civil rights attorney and an immigration attorney to assist the organization in its social justice advocacy and provide pro bono legal services for low-income immigrants on the East End.

Two Riverhead students had their short films selected to screen at the 17th Annual Latino Film Festival of the Hamptons. The students tell their stories of coming to the U.S. from Central America.

OLA of Eastern Long Island has purchased more than 1,000 Acer Chromebooks for several East End school districts, including Riverhead, to assist...