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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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: the SALT cap expires next year, but that could depend on the outcome of the 2024 presidential election this November. And Eversource and UI are resuming service shutoffs for unpaid bills in Connecticut starting May 2.
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Expelled Long Island congressman George Santos said he will challenge Republican Nick LaLota to represent New York’s first congressional district. The announcement was made during a visit to President Biden’s State of the Union address.
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Democrats have clinched a key seat in the U.S. House of Representatives with Tom Suozzi’s special election win in New York. The narrow Republican majority in the House will shrink even further after Suozzi takes office.
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New Yorkers head to the polls for Tuesday’s special election. The tight race is a toss-up between Democrat Tom Suozzi and Republican Mazi Pilip in a district viewed nationally as a bellwether.
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One person has been arrested following a fight on Saturday afternoon between campaign supporters for Bridgeport incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim and his challenger John Gomes.
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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: Early voting is underway in New York’s third congressional district, where voters will decide if they want Republican Mazi Pilip or Democrat Tom Suozzi to fill the seat left open by expelled Rep. George Santos. Also, a new absentee ballot complaint in Bridgeport’s primary election redo for mayor was referred to Connecticut's elections watchdog agency.
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Over two dozen advocacy groups, including Riverhead teachers from Long Island, rallied outside the state Capitol in Albany to push for legislation to prevent tax revenue from being taken away from schools by local Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs).
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Rich Daly, of Mastic Beach, is the world’s fastest ice carver, according to Guinness World Records. He carved 225 blocks of ice — a whopping 70,000 pounds — for Port Jefferson’s fifth annual Ice Festival on Saturday.
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Ask your NPR station to play Higher Ground's third special program distributed nationally by American Public Media from January to May 2024.
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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: A series of winter storms that blew through Connecticut have pressured federal officials to work fast to protect vulnerable communities from flooding. Also, a special grand jury has been considering new charges for the suspected Long Island serial killer related to a fourth set of remains found in the Gilgo Beach area — identified as Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, of Norwich, Connecticut.