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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

News
Drug Abuse Treatment Providers Settle $1.3M Case For False Psychotherapy Drug Abuse Treatment Providers Settle $1.3M Case For False Psychotherapy
Drug Abuse Treatment Providers Settle $1.3M Case For False Psychotherapy New Era Rehabilitation Center as well as Dr. Ebenezer Kolade and Dr. Christina Kolade have entered into a civil settlement agreement with federal and state governments and pay more than $1.37 million in fines for violating the False Claims Act.  United States Attorney John H. Durham and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen announced hat the physician couple had agreed to pay a settlement of $1,378,533 to resolve the allegations.  New Era provides behavioral health and substance abuse services to patients at its clinics in New Haven and Bridgeport.  As part of their practice, New Era …

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Investors Seek $17M From Westchester Developer In Fraud Suit Investors Seek $17M From Westchester Developer In Fraud Suit
Investors Seek $17M From Westchester Developer In Fraud Suit More investors from Westchester and Connecticut are demanding at least $17 million in damages and a court order stopping White Plains developer Michael D’Alessio and Michael Paul Enterprises from selling or transferring properties. They claim he misappropriated their funds on housing projects in Scarsdale and Manhattan. D’Alessio and his enterprises carried out a massive scheme to defraud them, investors allege in three lawsuits filed in Westchester Supreme and County Court. The Westchester Bank also sued, demanding $881,000 on a $1 million loan D’Alessio took out in 2015, according to new…

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Business
Wegmans, With Westchester Store Coming, Earns High National Forbes Ranking Wegmans, With Westchester Store Coming, Earns High National Forbes Ranking
Wegmans, With Westchester Store Coming, Earns High National Forbes Ranking Wegmans Food Markets, which plans to open its first Westchester store within two years was ranked No. 8 nationally for "best place to work" by Forbes Wegmans, a family-owned supermarket chain based in Rochester, signed a purchase agreement in December 2016 with Normandy Real Estate Partners for a 125,000-square-foot grocery in Harrison.  The company received its final planning approval in August from the Harrison Town/Village Board. Wegmans received its demolition permit earlier this year, but the company has yet to file a building permit application. The grocery chain needs the …

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Business
Three Hudson Valley Counties Have State's Lowest Jobless Rates Three Hudson Valley Counties Have State's Lowest Jobless Rates
Three Hudson Valley Counties Have State's Lowest Jobless Rates These counties rank among the lowest for jobless rates in New York state, according to the Labor Department. The counties in New York State with the lowest unemployment rates in March 2018 include: New York County (3.7%) Queens County (3.7%) Richmond County (4.1%) Nassau County (4.2%) Tompkins County (4.2%) Kings County (4.3%) Albany County (4.4%) Putnam County (4.4%) Dutchess County (4.5%) Rockland County (4.5%) Saratoga County (4.5%) Orange, Ulster and Westchester didn't make the list. The jobless rate in all three counties is slightly higher than the state average.

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Schools
Pair Of Fairfield County Charter Schools Put On Probation Pair Of Fairfield County Charter Schools Put On Probation
Pair Of Fairfield County Charter Schools Put On Probation Stating that the days of rubber-stamping charter school renewals are over, the Connecticut Board of Education placed a Bridgeport and a Stamford charter school on probation on Wednesday, May 2, according to multiple news reports. Stamford Academy Charter School was given one year to improve, in site of pleas from its director and board president that the 14-year-old high school deserved a three-year renewal, according to this news report.  Andrea Weller, principal at Stamford Academy told Allan Taylor, who is chairman of the state Board of Education, that a one-year renewal is unfair. The …

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Politics
House Leaders Promise Vote On Proposed Bridgeport Casino House Leaders Promise Vote On Proposed Bridgeport Casino
House Leaders Promise Vote On Proposed Bridgeport Casino Legislation that could bring a new casino to Bridgeport and the third casino to Connecticut may get a vote this week, officials said on Friday. "We have a couple of constituency groups really fighting for their constituents and we may have more discussion," said House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, during a press conference. MGM Grand announced plans for a $700 million seaside resort in Bridgeport and a job training center in New Haven, bringing an estimated 2,000 jobs. A Bridgeport casino is opposed by the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Indians, who own the Foxwoods and Moh…

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Lifestyle
2018 Rising Stars Unveiled By Business Council of Westchester 2018 Rising Stars Unveiled By Business Council of Westchester
2018 Rising Stars Unveiled By Business Council of Westchester There is no doubt that Westchester is overstocked with talent. And The Business Council of Westchester recognizes that during a prestigious annual awards ceremony. This year, prominent doctors, realtors and bankers as well as the spokeswoman for Westchester's new county executive, the owner of Walter's Hot Dogs, the director of creative culture at the Jacob Burns Film Center and a funeral home director are among the 40 "Rising Stars" being honored by The Business Council of Westchester, on June 21. The county’s leading business membership organization announced its 2018 class of R…

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Business
$34.5M Plan To Replace IMAX Theater At Maritime Aquarium Still Alive $34.5M Plan To Replace IMAX Theater At Maritime Aquarium Still Alive
$34.5M Plan To Replace Imax Theater At Maritime Aquarium Still Alive A subcommittee of the Norwalk Common Council has endorsed a settlement agreement under which the state of Connecticut would pay The Maritime Aquarium $34.5 million to replace its popular IMAX Theater. Under the agreement, the state Department of Transportation would pay the aquarium to replace the theater and lost exhibit space due to the upcoming replacement of the Walk Bridge over the Norwalk River, according to news reports. The legal settlement  covers replacement of the aquarium’s 20,000-gallon seal tank with a 150,000-gallon tank that meets modern standards and guidelines. According …

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Politics
Nixon Releases Tax Returns: Candidate, Wife Earned $1.9M In 2017 Nixon Releases Tax Returns: Candidate, Wife Earned $1.9M In 2017
Nixon Releases Tax Returns: Candidate, Wife Earned $1.9M In 2017 Cynthia Nixon, the “Sex and the City” television star who faces Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for governor has released tax returns showing she and her wife reported income of $1.9 million last year, according to multiple news reports. The couple donated about $53,000 to a variety of environmental, education, arts and children’s charities as well as homeless shelters and a public library, according to their tax return. Nixon’s campaign allowed reporters to review the tax records on Friday, May 4.  Cuomo, the two-term incumbent from New Castle, released his tax returns last month. …

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Schools
Texting-While-Driving Simulator Will Be On Display At Trinity Catholic HS Texting-While-Driving Simulator Will Be On Display At Trinity Catholic HS
Texting-While-Driving Simulator Will Be On Display At Trinity Catholic HS Trinity Catholic High School students will get a first-hand look at just how dangerous it is to text and drive with the Arbella Insurance Foundation's distracted driving simulator, Distractology. The mobile classroom designed to promote safe driving will be at the school from Monday, May 7 through Friday, May 11. Bearingstar Insurance is proud to bring Distractology, which was developed and funded by the Arbella Insurance Foundation. Distractology was one of the first programs in the country to address distracted driving with young, inexperienced drivers. Drivers who have completed Distrac…

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