Columnist Joye Brown | Newsday

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.

Brown: On Long Island, it's about the culture — of corruption

"I have had some exposure to the culture of government and politics in Nassau County during the years that you were in government," U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack said to Rob Walker.

Brown: Republicans in Nassau and Suffolk, went in it to win it2m read

Brown: Blasting a big hole in Nassau's budget2m read

Brown: A (nother) quest to cull taxpayer-funded political mailings3m read

Brown: Candidates are knocking. Will you let them in?3m read

Brown: Spota, at sentencing, gives a farewell address3m read

Brown: If you wind up in Nassau County, this column is for you3m read

Brown: Cuomo adopts the 'Shaggy' defense2m read

Brown: Blizzard of cash could be in store for Nassau residents3m read

Brown: George Floyd's death changed things — on Long Island too3m read

Brown: Jumping the shark on Nassau reassessments3m read

Brown: One toke over the (town) line3m read

Brown: Push for policing reform is far from over3m read

Brown: Blakeman makes his move3m read

Brown: Let's go to the videotape3m read

Brown: Take it to the (term) limit, one more time3m read

Brown: The inside out of reinventing policing on Long Island4m read

Brown: Nassau scores with the mother of all one-shots2m read

Brown: Low vaccine supply isn't only issue for seniors3m read

Brown: LIers seek vaccinations in bureaucratic haystack3m read

Brown: On Long Island, purple reigns2m read

Brown: Gadfly, don't bother me3m read

Brown: On the road to budget Armageddon, or maybe not2m read

Brown: Long Island Republicans kicked it Old School on Election Day2m read

Brown: Young adults are largest bloc of newly registered voters3m read

Brown: In Nassau, Suffolk, there's a whole lot of voting going on2m read

Brown: For Bellone, a budget delayed for federal help denied3m read

Brown: An avalanche of absentees expected3m read

Brown: The 'roughneck' who made Newsday happen4m read

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