J.D. Allen
Assistant News DirectorA native Long Islander, J.D. is WSHU's assistant news director. He also hosts the climate podcast Higher Ground.
J.D. has reported for public radio stations across the Northeast. He has experience investigating the climate crisis at WSHU, healthcare and small businesses for "Long Island Business News" and real estate and land-use for The Express News Group newspapers in the Hamptons. J.D.'s a lecturer at Stony Brook University, Quinnipiac University and Suffolk County Community College. He's also a leader at the regional chapter of Society of Professional Journalists. J.D. holds a B.A. in journalism and sociology from Stony Brook University and an M.S. in communications from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.
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The virus has killed more than 20 inmates in the state since the pandemic began. -
Former student Darcy Bennet wants the state of New York to make sure students today can safely go to school without having to be warned about “creepy male teachers.”
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Gamarra has been on administrative leave after he was accused of raping an undocumented 19-year-old woman from Honduras.
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General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, will pay a $500 bonus to all employees who are vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 4.
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Suozzi, who is also considering a run for governor, said he was flattered and had a lot to think about over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Connecticut is facing a shortage of snowplow drivers. State transportation officials want to hire almost 140 more drivers to clear roads and put down salt this winter.
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said his family has not profited from a state-contracted healthcare company linked to his wife’s venture capital firm.
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Rodney Butler has been reelected chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot tribal council for a fifth term.
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Regulators said it's a better deal with stiffer penalties, but community members are dissatisfied.
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Dr. William Spencer represents areas of Huntington on Long Island. He was also on the county’s heroin and opiate epidemic advisory panel.
