Desiree D'Iorio
Long Island Bureau ChiefDesiree D'Iorio serves as the Long Island Bureau Chief for WSHU. Born and raised in Connecticut, Desiree now calls Long Island home. She was WSHU’s 2019-2020 News Fellow, covering local government, the environment and public affairs on Long Island. She received her A.A. in Communications from Nassau Community College and B.A. in Journalism from Stony Brook University. Her past internships were at the Long Island Press and WSHU. In 2019, she co-wrote a four-part series about the Long Island Pine Barrens, bringing to listeners the sights and sounds of this unique ecosystem nestled in the heart of Suffolk County. She joined American Homefront Project in 2021, reporting on the lives of military service members, veterans, and their families.
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The Massapequa Park man who killed eight women from 1993 to 2010 will spend the rest of his days behind bars. Judge Timothy Mazzei sentenced 62-year-old Rex Heuermann to life in prison without the chance of parole on the top charge. -
The Health & Welfare Council of Long Island has created a clearinghouse website to help SNAP recipients navigate changes to the federal food assistance program after new work requirements took effect on June 1. -
A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would rename an Oceanside post office in honor of the late Luis Alvarez. -
Labor leaders and Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials announced a tentative deal Monday night, ending the three-day strike on the Long Island Railroad. -
On Day 3 of the Long Island Railroad strike, New York State Attorney General Letitia James warned Long Islanders to beware of price gouging at car rental companies and ride-sharing services like Lyft and Uber. -
Despite marathon negotiation meetings Thursday and Friday, the MTA and labor leaders for the LIRR unions failed to agree on a contract before the strike deadline of 12:01 AM Saturday. -
About 3,500 Long Island Railroad workers could walk off the job at 12:01 AM Saturday if union leaders and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority can’t hash out a deal on wage increases. -
About 3,500 workers at the Long Island Rail Road, the nation’s busiest commuter railroad, could go on strike this weekend.
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James is pushing a pair of bills that would limit surveillance pricing, a practice used by some companies to set individual prices for each shopper based on their personal data and algorithms. -
2025 was a bad year for Long Island’s coastal waters, largely due to wastewater and fertilizer runoff, but the poor conditions bring opportunities for innovative water quality improvement techniques, like using mollusks and seaweed to clean up contamination.
