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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Brown: If LI Six don't deliver, they won't last long

Long Island’s never seen anything like this: Six local New York State senators, all Democrats ...

Politics Brown: Will there be a price for Curran's legacy?
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran could be putting her political future on the line with ...
10/20/18
Joye Brown Brown: Future LIRR system fixes aren't enough
The best of plans mean little if commuters, who rely on the LIRR to get to work on time, are too often late, stuck on overcrowded trains or otherwise consistently inconvenienced.
9/24/18
Joye Brown Brown: For Curran, a question of transparency
Is it? Or isn’t it? The question arose last week when Newsday requested a copy ...
9/22/18
Joye Brown Brown: Water co. fights rising tide of criticism
New York American Water officials promised not too long ago to restore customer confidence in the privately held utility.
8/15/18
Joye Brown Brown: USA v. the Manganos, Part II
The allegations in the new indictment against Edward Mangano, Nassau's former county executive, and Linda Mangano, his wife, remain the same.
8/8/18
Joye Brown Brown: DA probe could have long reach
Perry Pettus, a trustee of the Village of Hempstead, sat ramrod straight at the defendant’s table in Nassau County Court in Mineola during his arraignment.
8/1/18
Joye Brown Brown: Gaming a broken system in Nassau
An approved referendum to change from an elected to an appointed property assessor made the county executive responsible for the care and feeding of an assessment system that's now in tatters.
7/30/18
Nassau Brown: 10 bright spots in Hempstead schools
Cut through the conditionals, and there are plentiful good things going on.
7/25/18
Joye Brown Brown: What to do when there's an active shooter
It was one thing, back in the day, to be taught to duck under a desk should a nuclear bomb come flying your way, quite another to consider options when the school or office building you know like the back of your hand becomes an active hunting ground.
7/23/18
Nassau Brown: Politics and land preservation in Nassau
The notion of preserving open space is akin to joining mom in the kitchen for ...
7/21/18