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Jon Craig

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Pleasantville native Jon Craig is special editor for the Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange and Dutchess Daily Voice sites. He is also the primary reporter for Daily Voice Plus Politics in Westchester and Fairfield.

Jon graduated from Cornell University and received his master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Across a 35-year career, he's worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in Chicago, New York, Ohio & Washington, D.C and as managing editor for weekly newspapers in Rye, White Plains and Harrison.

Jon also writes periodically for the Cornell Chronicle.

Career Highlights:

  • Covered Metro-North train wreck that killed a motorist and five commuters, 2015
  • Researched state investigative project for PublicIntegrity.org, 2011-12
  • National MADD award for database analysis of repeat drunk drivers in Ohio, 2008.
  • Henry F. Guggenheim Fellow, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2010.
  • Sentenced to jail for protecting confidential sources (won on appeal), 1999.
  • Broke 30th anniversary story about Kent State shootings — using FBI records, resurrecting theory a student informant triggered fatal National Guard volley, May 2000.
  • Covered Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks.
  • Uncovered voting problems before & during presidential recount in Ohio, 2004.
  • Witnessed botched Death Row execution of Romell Broom in 2009, one of more than a dozen I covered; Wrote about three inmates whose death sentences were commuted to life without parole.
  • Won IRE, SDX and multiple national & state awards for series led by Erik Kriss investigating New York General Assembly. 1994.
  • Guest lecturer at universities in NY & Ohio. Taught Syracuse high school journalism class.
  • Co-authored IRE-award winning series on illegal restraints/beatings at juvenile detention centers. Gov. Mario Cuomo had NY inspector general confirm what Hart Seely and I found at Division for Youth & fired top directors, 1993.
  • Survived Air Force Kool School training at North Pole, 1996.
  • Covered Persian Gulf wars, including 2002 bomb missions from Turkey and stateside Army/Air Guard training. 1991.
  • Supervised overnight coverage of Pan Am Flight 103 after Libyan bomb killed 35 Syracuse University students over Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988.
  • Covered aftermath of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal plane crash from Cape Cod, 1999.
  • Greeted Kurt Vonnegut Jr. as Cornell Sun sports editor during daily's 100th anniversary dinner in May 1980. 

Jon Craig's Contributions

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Letter To The Editor: 'Local Board Members Are The True Champions Of Our System Of Government' Letter To The Editor: 'Local Board Members Are The True Champions Of Our System Of Government'
Letter To The Editor: 'Local Board Members Are The True Champions Of Our System Of Government' Daily Voice does not endorse the content of Letters to the Editor. To the Editor: National and state politics get most of the media’s attention. Yet, 90 percent of our democracy functions on a local level. The citizen volunteers that serve on town boards, councils and commissions are the true champions of our system of government. Local office holders are the bedrock of a community and play a vital role in its future. They put in long hard hours away from family and their work to serve fellow town residents. Serving in office is often difficult, demanding, time consuming and contentious.…

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Letter To The Editor: Survivors of Gun Violence Speak Out Letter To The Editor: Survivors of Gun Violence Speak Out
Letter To The Editor: Survivors of Gun Violence Speak Out Daily Voice does not endorse the content of Letters to the Editor To the Editor: Every single day, over 100 Americans are killed by gun violence. In fact, by the end of the month of January, we will have surpassed the number of deaths experienced by most other developed countries in an entire year. Approximately 58 percent of American adults report that someone they know, or someone they care for, will have experienced gun violence in their lifetime. I believe that survivors of gun violence have the unique moral authority to remind elected officials and everyday Americans that our weak gun…

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One Republican Candidate, 11 Democrats In 2020 Race For Open Westchester Congressional Seat One Republican Candidate, 11 Democrats In 2020 Race For Open Westchester Congressional Seat
One Republican Candidate, 11 Democrats In 2020 Race For Open Westchester Congressional Seat One Republican candidate has publicly stepped forward to run for U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey's 17th District Congressional seat being vacated at the end of 2020. And even that lone Republican, businessman Josh Eisen of Harrison, has remained elusive so far. He's created an online campaign website and social media pages and filled out a Ballotpedia survey—among early indicators of his interest in the district that Lowey, a Democrat also from Harrison, has represented for more than three decades.  Eisen has raised more than $600,000, a campaign spokesman said on Wednesday, Jan. 22, believed to …

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Westchester Congressman, NY Senator Seek Broader Probe Into Ousted Ukraine Ambassador Westchester Congressman, NY Senator Seek Broader Probe Into Ousted Ukraine Ambassador
Westchester Congressman, NY Senator Seek Broader Probe Into Ousted Ukraine Ambassador U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel said newly-released impeachment documents "include a profoundly alarming dialogue (suggesting) a possible risk to Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s security in Kyiv before she was recalled from her post last year."  In a statement released on Wednesday, Jan. 15, Engel, who is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, referred to text messages between  Lev Parnas and Robert Finley Hyde, a Republican candidate for Congress in Connecticut. (See "New Impeachment Evidence Drags Connecticut Congressional Candidate Into Trump Trial.") Engel further demanded…

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New Impeachment Evidence Drags Connecticut Congressional Candidate Into Trump Trial New Impeachment Evidence Drags Connecticut Congressional Candidate Into Trump Trial
New Impeachment Evidence Drags Connecticut Congressional Candidate Into Trump Trial New evidence released by the House of Representatives has pulled a Connecticut congressional candidate into President Trump's impeachment trial. Republican Robert Finley Hyde, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, a Democrat, in Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District, contacted an associate of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, about efforts to oust the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, according to the documents released on Tuesday, Jan. 14 by the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Reform committees. On Wednesday, Hyde told Daily Vo…

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Politics
Taxpayers OK New $14.8 Million Fire Station Taxpayers OK New $14.8 Million Fire Station
Taxpayers OK New $14.8 Million Fire Station After design revisions, public hearings and compromises, Bedford Village voters easily approved construction of a new $14.8 million fire station during a special election on Tuesday, Jan. 14. A spirited social media campaign helped attract nearly 100 more people to vote this week than last spring, when a $17.5 million bond proposal was defeated by 32 votes. On Tuesday, 895 residents voted to support the spending plan. An unofficial total of 457 Bedford voters were against the new firehouse. It will be built on a 10-acre site at 550 Old Post Road, better known as Route 22, south of its…

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Fairfield Republican Wins Special Election For Open State House Of Representatives Seat Fairfield Republican Wins Special Election For Open State House Of Representatives Seat
Fairfield Republican Wins Special Election For Open State House Of Representatives Seat Republican Brian Farnen won a special election on Tuesday, Jan. 14 to fill Fairfield’s open 132nd District seat in the state House of Representatives. Farnen is a Representative Town Meeting member for District 9 and general counsel for the Connecticut Green Bank. In a close count, he won with about 2,460 votes, according to unofficial totals. Democrat Jennifer Leeper received 2,378 votes. They ran for the seat most recently occupied by Republican First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick, who resigned from the Connecticut General Assembly after she was elected town leader. In a post-election cam…

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Westchester Congressman Endorses Joe Biden, Called 'Shameless' By GOP Challenger Westchester Congressman Endorses Joe Biden, Called 'Shameless' By GOP Challenger
Westchester Congressman Endorses Joe Biden, Called 'Shameless' By GOP Challenger New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president in 2020 on Monday, Jan. 13, touting the former vice president's ability to defeat President Donald Trump in November and unify the country once in office. On Twitter, Maloney wrote: "As president, Joe Biden will deliver the local tax relief, infrastructure, clean drinking water & support for our military and veterans that the American public wants." "As voters go to the polls in the coming months, I hope they'll join me & vote for Joe," wrote Maloney, a Democrat from Cold Spring.&nb…

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Taxpayers Asked To OK New $14.8 Million Fire Station Taxpayers Asked To OK New $14.8 Million Fire Station
Taxpayers Asked To OK New $14.8 Million Fire Station Bedford taxpayers are being asked to approve a scaled-down $14.8 million bond for a new firehouse on Tuesday, Jan. 14.  The vote takes place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Bedford Presbyterian Church, 44 Village Green. A costlier version of the project was defeated by 32 votes of Bedford residents on April 30, 2019. Bedford's current fire station is 91 years old. It is wedged between the Bedford Public Library and the U.S. Post Office. The new fire station would be located a quarter-mile south of the village, by the intersection of state Routes 172 and 22, and would be about twice…

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Special Election For Open State House Of Representatives Seat Special Election For Open State House Of Representatives Seat
Special Election For Open State House Of Representatives Seat There is a special election on Tuesday, Jan. 14 for an open state legislative seat.  Democrat Jennifer Leeper faces Republican Brian Farnen in the election for the Connecticut House of Representatives District 132 seat. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. They are running for the seat most recently occupied by Republican First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick, who resigned from her role in the Connecticut General Assembly after she was elected town leader. Both candidates for the 132nd District seat campaigned outside the Fairfield train station on Monday ahead of the special electi…

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