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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

Police & Fire
Police Rule Thornwood House Fire As 'Accidental' Police Rule Thornwood House Fire As 'Accidental'
Police Rule Thornwood House Fire As 'Accidental' This story has been updated. Residents of a house near Four Corners at Marble Avenue and Broadway in Thornwood said police suspected an overnight house fire on Sunday, April 8 as being intentionally set.  But Mount Pleasant Lt. Mike Pierce said on Monday, April 9 that the 83 Franklin Ave. fire was ruled accidental, and fortunately no one was hurt.  Residents will have to find other lodging, however, Pierce said.  Check back to Daily Voice for updates. 

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Police & Fire
Vehicle Stolen In Easton Vehicle Stolen In Easton
Vehicle Stolen In Easton During the overnight hours from April 6 to April 7, one vehicle was entered and another was stolen, according to Easton Police. Both of these vehicles were not damaged as they were unlocked with keys inside.  both incidents occurred in the Vista Drive and Wood End Drive area off Rock House Road. Easton police said, ?Please remember to lock your vehicles, remove all valuables and immediately report suspicious activity."

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Business
Opening Date Now Scheduled For Chappaqua Whole Foods Opening Date Now Scheduled For Chappaqua Whole Foods
Opening Date Now Scheduled For Chappaqua Whole Foods Whole Foods has set a target date of Wednesday, Nov. 7 for its grand opening at Chappaqua Crossing, according to New Castle Supervisor Robert Greenstein. Greenstein called it good news for the mixed use development at the former Reader's Digest headquarters since other potential tenants will likely begin signing leases, including a coffee shop, pet store and bank.  "It's nice to know that Whole Foods is starting work and has a firm opening date," Greenstein told DailyVoice. Lifetime Fitness also plans to open a new Westchester center at Chappaqua Crossing and there will be an urg…

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Schools
New State Budget Includes $1B For Schools In 2018-19, And Some Aid 'Losers' New State Budget Includes $1B For Schools In 2018-19, And Some Aid 'Losers'
New State Budget Includes $1B For Schools In 2018-19, And Some Aid 'Losers' The new state budget for 2018-19 includes about $1 billion in extra funding for public schools, but not all area school districts are winners. In fact, several are big losers of state taxpayer assistance according to this database published by the Poughkeepsie Journal. The state budget's $1 billion increase in school aid brings the total to a record $26.7 billion statewide. In Westchester, Briarcliff Manor found itself losing nearly 8 percent in state aid compared to the current school year. Other Westchester "losers" include Pleasantville, Valhalla, Katonah-Lewisboro and North Sa…

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Business
Trumbull Typifies Fairfield County Office Market High Vacancy Rate Trumbull Typifies Fairfield County Office Market High Vacancy Rate
Trumbull Typifies Fairfield County Office Market High Vacancy Rate Across Fairfield County, the office market continues to suffer from high vacancy rates, according to this report in the New Haven Register.   Trumbull is suffering the most of any community in the county, according to a 2017 office space market analysis by Cushman & Wakefield, with a 44 percent vacancy rate -- the highest in the region. Like other communities in southwestern Connecticut, Trumbull’s office vacancy rate was skewed by one empty building: the 253,000-square-foot former United Healthcare building, the report found. The company moved hundreds of its insurance workers to small…

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News
200 Layoffs Proposed In Yonkers, Including Police, Firefighters 200 Layoffs Proposed In Yonkers, Including Police, Firefighters
200 Layoffs Proposed In Yonkers, Including Police, Firefighters Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano warns that about 200 city workers may be laid off due to a $31 budget shortfall. Spano blamed much of the revenue gap on reduced aid from New York state.  Spano, a two-term Democrat, plans to release his executive 2018-2019 budget on April 13. Personnel costs for 1,925 workers comprise about 80 percent of the city's budget.  On Thursday, April 5, Spano he said it includes a 2 percent tax increase, plus possible cuts in city services like police, garbage pick-up and public library hours. Spano's proposed property tax increase would total about $100 for the average h…

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Lifestyle
Colombian Restaurant Chain Opening Location In Westchester Colombian Restaurant Chain Opening Location In Westchester
Colombian Restaurant Chain Opening Location In Westchester A Colombian restaurant chain will soon make its Westchester County debut in Port Chester.. Noches de Colombia, which has more than 15 restaurants in Rockland County and northern New Jersey, is set to open at The Waterfront at Port Chester. A company spokesman Jason Villamil did not give a specific opening date, but told LoHud.com that the restaurant was on track to open soon. The eatery at 30 Waterfront Place received its village building permit in December 2017. Noches de Colombia was founded in 1998 by a Colombian family "with the hope of meeting the all American dream," accor…

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Business
$35.3M Returned To 36,446 NY Wage-Theft Victims, Cuomo Says $35.3M Returned To 36,446 NY Wage-Theft Victims, Cuomo Says
$35.3M Returned To 36,446 NY Wage-Theft Victims, Cuomo Says More than $35 million was returned to 36,446 victims of wage theft last year, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In the region, the state returned more than $4 million to 2,389 wage theft victims according to this report.  In addition, $1 million in continued funding was secured in the Fiscal Year 2019 budget to support the expansion of the Department of Labor's staff of investigators, Cuomo said. In 2016, $34 million was returned to 27,420 wage theft victims, marking an increase of over $1.3 million returned to an additional 9,026 victims.  Since Cuomo took office, the state has recovered a…

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Real Estate
Bronx-Born Actor Chazz Palminteri Builds His Own Castle In Westchester Bronx-Born Actor Chazz Palminteri Builds His Own Castle In Westchester
Bronx-Born Actor Chazz Palminteri Builds His Own Castle In Westchester Bedford's Chazz Palminteri tells the New York Times, in this profile, how a Bronx boy ended up moving to a 9,500-square-foot mansion in Westchester County. The successful 65-year-old actor, restaurateur and author of “A Bronx Tale” described how he came to live in a huge castle built of stone and marble, gables and sky-high ceilings, columns and archways and yards of Schumacher fabric on six acres in Bedford. “When I was young and we lived in a fifth-floor walk-up in the Bronx, we would often get in the car and drive north,” said Palminteri, who played the guy you definitely didn’t want to …

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News
Increase In Thefts From Unlocked Vehicles Reported In Norwalk Increase In Thefts From Unlocked Vehicles Reported In Norwalk
Increase In Thefts From Unlocked Vehicles Reported In Norwalk Norwalk Police report that they have been experiencing an uptick in unlocked vehicle being entered during the overnight hours throughout the city.  The police department issued a reminder that residents lock their vehicles, remove all valuables as well as the keys/fobs. 

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