J.D. Allen
Managing EditorA native Long Islander, J.D. is WSHU's managing editor. 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 Brookhaven landfill is a key issue in the upcoming election for Suffolk County Executive. A debate hosted by Newsday became heated when candidates responded to an investigation into the landfill’s past — and its future.
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The candidates for Suffolk County executive, Republican Ed Romaine and Democrat Dave Calone, fielded voter questions on public safety, housing affordability and the Brookhaven landfill in a televised debate hosted by Newsday.
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The NAACP, environmentalists and community groups want New York Attorney General Letitia James to launch an independent investigation of waste company Covanta dumping toxic ash into the Brookhaven landfill.
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Environmentalists in New York urge Gov. Kathy Hochul to require in her upcoming state budget a measure that would make polluters pay for the state’s climate resiliency projects. On Long Island, that could mean billions of dollars for shoreline restoration and other infrastructure projects.
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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: Bridgeport, as well as the rest of Connecticut, has started to issue absentee ballots for the November election despite a trial starting this week into alleged mayoral election fraud.
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New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation will continue to investigate Covanta over allegations of improper ash mixing and disposal at Brookhaven landfill.
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Between 2006 and 2014, there were several incidents where landfill vendor Covanta dumped ash at the Brookhaven landfill and that state monitors willingly looked the other way by omitting negative information on inspection reports, according to documents obtained by Newsday.
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A bite-sized look at what else we’re hearing: Two of Andrew Cuomo’s aides are dismissed from lawsuit. Tolland schools have adopted a policy for addressing transgender students. Also, there seems to be a Dunkin' on every corner.
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In the face of both long-term climate challenges and disasters, farmworkers shared that their biggest problem is a lack of preparedness. But preparedness, especially for communities like seasonal and migrant farmworker communities, can be a complicated task.
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A third of all the money New York has earmarked for fighting climate change is supposed to go to “disadvantaged” communities. The trouble for the state is now figuring out a way to ensure the money is distributed equitably — and they’re already running into challenges.