Joye Brown
Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006. She joined the newspaper in 1983 and has worked as a reporter, an editor, newsroom administrator and editorial writer.
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Joye Brown 5/23/12 Brown: NIFA on the sewer deal
Why did a state financial control board go out of its way to slap back ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 5/21/12 Brown: Swift GOP vote on measure a low maneuver
Republican lawmakers -- after publicly signaling that they would delay a vote -- turned around ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 5/19/12 Brown: NIFA's tight grip on Nassau's finances
So Nassau County has a financial control board after all. ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 5/16/12 Brown: Youth is served on the school board
Kudos to Joshua Lafazan for making Syosset school board history. Perhaps his victory will inspire ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 5/14/12 Brown: New life after parade's near-death?
The near-death of Brentwood's Puerto-Rican/Hispanic Day Parade could be a very good thing. ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 5/12/12 Brown: Mangano late with crisis talk
County Executive Edward Mangano and all but one of Nassau's Republican majority legislature stood in ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 5/9/12 Brown: Westbury kids find beat in bucket drumming
A routine trip to The Home Depot just got more exciting. Because those loud-orange plastic ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 5/7/12 Brown: Time for questions about wastewater plan
Here it comes, the Big One: Nassau County's complex proposal for a private firm to ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 5/5/12 Brown: Dale gets tough on cop discipline
On March 30 -- 26 days after his confirmation -- Thomas Dale, Nassau County's police ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 5/2/12 Brown: In Nassau, balance budget and powers, too
Peter Schmitt, the majority leader of the Nassau legislature, did the right thing by pre-emptively ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 4/30/12 Brown: It's only 1st round of Nassau precinct plan
'Is this the Eighth Precinct?" a man clutching a stack of papers asked two officers ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 4/28/12 Brown: Mayor Pontieri paving his legacy
Paul Pontieri, newly re-elected mayor of Patchogue, still smarts over how nasty things got during ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 4/25/12 Brown: No sign of legislative compromise in Nassau
A months-long standoff between County Executive Edward Mangano and the legislature's Democratic minority over Nassau's ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 4/18/12 Brown: Suffolk needs more than symbolic gestures
It will take more than political appointees paying into Suffolk County's health care plan and ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 4/17/12 Brown: Boosting fire department volunteers
Jessica Kitzen, mother of three, decided to become a firefighter after reading a recruiting letter ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 4/14/12 Brown: Sewage system plan murky on details
Nassau County is seeking to fund a potential multimillion-dollar adviser and is close to selecting ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 4/11/12 Brown: Manorville fire highlights crucial issues
The ambitious preservation effort that saved the pine barrens and other natural resources is having ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 4/2/12 Brown: In Suffolk, legislators aim for cooperation
There were no Republican lawmakers standing at Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone's side Monday when ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/31/12 Brown: A shame racial justice still eludes U.S.
It is instructive to consider the tragedy of Trayvon Martin's death from its beginning. Let's ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/28/12 Bellone on Levy memo: 'A rookie mistake'
An internal legal memo accusing former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy of deliberately misleading Wall ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/26/12 Brown: Huntington could use a Council for Unity
Huntington could use a Council for Unity. ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/19/12 Brown: Nassau needs answers on sewer partnership
Nassau County should begin rolling out information about a proposed public-private partnership on its sewer ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/17/12 Brown: Tax hike is Mangano rhetoric
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's threat to raise property taxes 13 percent if he can't ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/14/12 Brown: Nassau, Suffolk face questions about debt
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, in his State of the County speech Wednesday night, backhandedly ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/12/12 Brown: Better training needed at Nassau jail
Better mental health care screening and more training ought to be implemented to end a ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/10/12 Brown: Amid budget gaps, LI needs change
Is it time to hit the reset button on suburbia? The question is key, as ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/7/12 Brown: Bellone races clock on Suffolk's finances
How bad are Suffolk County's finances? ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/5/12 Brown: Treat Nassau precinct plan as pilot program
It's official. Nassau's new police commissioner has the power to cut the county's eight police ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 3/3/12 Brown: Change NCPD operations
The Nassau County Legislature is slated to act Monday on the nomination of a new ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/29/12 Brown: Uncovering mess in redevelopment case
What happened in New Cassel's long-delayed and oft-tortured downtown redevelopment process? ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/27/12 Brown: Uphill battle for next NCPD commish
Some Democratic lawmakers in Nassau County make no secret of their dislike of Thomas Dale, ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/25/12 Brown: Trying for answers on precinct plan
What's the fight about? ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/22/12 Brown: Last chance for Nassau's scofflaws
Got a parking or traffic violation ticket from Nassau County? Pay it now -- before ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/20/12 Brown: Bus riders lament planned cuts
Riders at the bus station in Hempstead had a few things to say about Veolia ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/18/12 Brown: Too soon for Nassau bus cuts
Six weeks into Nassau County's vaunted public-private partnership on bus service -- and service cuts ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/15/12 Brown: Hempstead Tpke. drive highlights dangers
There are plentiful traffic lights and marked crosswalks to help pedestrians get across Hempstead Turnpike. ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/13/12 Brown: The real reason behind the precinct revamp
Why does Nassau County want to cut half of its eight police precincts? The real ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/8/12 Brown: Does county give PBA too much sway?
Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Dale wants to change how Nassau handles disciplinary cases for police ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/6/12 Brown: Nassau precinct plan a hard sell to public
Nassau County officials, in unveiling a proposal last week to shutter half of the county's ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 2/4/12 Brown: New reason to release Bird report
The Nassau County Police Department early on acknowledged the failure to investigate domestic violence complaints ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/30/12 Brown: Time for hard choices on Nassau police
A plan to cut by half the number of police precincts in Nassau County is ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/28/12 Brown: Nassau DA eyeing higher office?
Kathleen Rice, Nassau County's district attorney, joined a group that included Reps. Steve Israel and ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/25/12 Brown: Anti-gang police alone cant curb violence
Lenny Tucker of Brentwood was skeptical as he listened to County Executive Steve Bellone in ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/23/12 Brown: LIers offer their wish list for Obama
President Barack Obama will be attempting to woo suburban communities with Tuesday night's State of ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/21/12 Brown: LIPA close to getting oversight
It's taken more than a decade to craft an acceptable way to make the Long ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/18/12 Brown: Mirroring San Diego's rebound
Long Island could be a better place in three years -- less than the time ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/16/12 Brown: Johnson-Montano race heats up
State Sen. Owen Johnson and Suffolk Legis. Ricardo Montano sat one person apart at the ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/14/12 Brown: Drug epidemic needs help from all levels
Phil Enright, of Medford, has an idea on how to address Long Island's prescription drug ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/11/12 Brown: Long, 'ugly' wait for social services
Nassau County has cut heavily into its social services staffing during this year's layoffs, leaving ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/9/12 Brown: NIFA, Suffolk seek DiNapoli's input
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's a wanted man in both Nassau and Suffolk counties -- for ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 1/4/12 Brown: LIRR initiatives keep riders in the loop
Susan Nesci of Wantagh picked up a new pamphlet at the LIRR counter at Penn ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 12/21/11 Brown: Layoffs say a lot about Nassau
The last meeting of the Nassau County Legislature this week revealed the inner workings of ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 12/19/11 Brown: Figoski's priority: his daughters
There came a point after Monday's services for Officer Peter Figoski when the churning, almost ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 12/18/11 Brown: Closer look at Levy's police role
Departing Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's influence on the running of the police department may ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 12/14/11 Brown: A harder line on driving distracted?
Suffolk County began listening to the National Transportation Safety Board before the board started listening ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 12/13/11 Brown: When will feds gets guns off our streets?
Four sisters are mourning the loss of their dad. ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 12/10/11 The billion dollar budget question for NIFA
Nassau County's done a grand job. Not with its finances. But with managing the state ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 12/7/11 Brown: Nassau right to review bus deal
Nassau County made the right move Wednesday by stopping to consider its next move after ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 12/5/11 Brown: Food pantry thankful for heat
Wally Merna, a United Church of Christ chaplain who runs the LI Council of Churches ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 12/3/11 Brown: Pitch offers glimpse of better LI
Whoa, what a week. ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 11/30/11 Brown: Dear Sen. McCain: LI a big part of the U.S.
Dis Long Island? ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 11/28/11 Joye Brown: Shooting highlights Bellone issues
A row of school buses waited patiently outside the back of the St. Hugh of ... Read more »
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Joye Brown 11/27/11 Brown: No winners when it comes to SAT cheating
It's sad to think that high school students could have such low regard for themselves ... Read more »
