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: George Floyd's death changed things — on Long Island too
A push for accountability, transparency and reform of policing practices on Long Island has been spurred by national revulsion at George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.
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Brown: Jumping the shark on Nassau reassessments
Who ruined the Nassau County assessment system? It's a debate that apparently will never die.
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Brown: One toke over the (town) line
Long Island officials already are dealing with issues including how to determine when drivers are impaired by marijuana.
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Brown: Push for policing reform is far from over
Community activists continue to push for outside oversight of complaints about police conduct.
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Brown: Blakeman makes his move
Blakeman, the GOP candidate for Nassau County executive, is no stranger to bucking his party's leaders. Asked if he has made peace with them he says: "I'm the top of the ticket, aren't I?"
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Brown: Let's go to the videotape
Release of body-cam footage of Suffolk County police officers cursing and kicking a suspect comes as Suffolk and Nassau officials ready police reform plans.
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Brown: Take it to the (term) limit, one more time
The Suffolk County term-limit law, which passed via voter referendum, states simply: "No person shall serve as a County Legislator for more than 12 consecutive years."
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Brown: The inside out of reinventing policing on Long Island
Two different plans for police reform are headed toward the same destination: reviewing and reforming police practices in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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Brown: Nassau scores with the mother of all one-shots
Nassau's crazy popular bond offering provided the county with a $1.1 billion cushion as it struggles with budget deficits resulting from the pandemic.
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Brown: Low vaccine supply isn't only issue for seniors
The Nassau County Legislature offered a sobering look into the guts of Long Island's vaccine distribution system.
