Articles by Maya Brown

About Maya Brown

I am a sophomore journalism student at Stony Brook University pursuing a career in Broadcast Journalism, with a passion for social justice, immigration and politics. I have interned for the Long Island Herald, the Office of Communications and Marketing at Stony Brook University and Long Island Weekly Community Newspapers. While at school, I am the Assistant News Editor for The Statesman and frequently practice both print and broadcast news.

Racial and socioeconomic disparities are highlighted during COVID-19 crisis on Long Island

April 29, 2020 Maya Brown 0

By Maya Brown Daniela Ulloa saw the line of cars wrap around the restaurant. As she walked into the Sonic in East Meadow, her surgical […]

High school musical productions face uncertain show dates due to COVID-19

April 8, 2020 Maya Brown 0

By Maya Brown Samantha Carey, a senior at Walt Whitman High School, pictured herself smiling with tears of joy rolling down her cheeks, as the […]

Latinos on Long Island suffer as 45 percent of their community have lost their jobs due to coronavirus

April 1, 2020 Maya Brown 0

By Maya Brown Juan Fuentes has been a waiter at The Cuban, a restaurant in Garden City, New York, for almost four years. There, the […]

Oyster Bay polar bears freeze for a reason at 16th Annual Polar Bear Plunge

March 11, 2020 Maya Brown 0

By Maya Brown and Andrew Zucker It was a breezy winter day outside and the water was at a chilling 40°F, but Alex Smith had […]

Huntington Town Board proposes plan to convert historical town hall into a Hampton Inn

March 5, 2020 Maya Brown 0

By Maya Brown, Kimberly Brown and Samuel Rowland A Huntington-based hospitality corporation received $2.8 million tax break on Feb. 17 to renovate an old town […]

Franklin Square and West Hempstead Water Districts in development of new water treatment plan

February 26, 2020 Maya Brown 0

By Maya Brown and Cindy Mizaku The Franklin Square water district requested a $2.75 million bond three weeks ago from the Town of Hempstead to […]

Alfred G. Prodell starts to look closely at an earlier start for its school day

February 12, 2020 Maya Brown 0

By Maya Brown and Sasha Podzorov A school committee has started exploring parent concerns and additional scheduling models to move from an eight to a […]