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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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Congresswoman Lowey Hosts Forum On Gun Violence After Florida Shootings Congresswoman Lowey Hosts Forum On Gun Violence After Florida Shootings
Congresswoman Lowey Hosts Forum On Gun Violence After Florida Shootings U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, who represents Rockland and Westchester counties, hosted a roundtable forum on gun violence and prevention with students and local city and law enforcement officials. Joining Congresswoman Lowey, D-Harrison, at the roundtable were Frank Williams, executive director of the City of White Plains Youth Bureau; Det. Gilberto Lopez, School Resource Officer for the White Plains Police Department; Det. Morgan Cole-Hatchard from the Pleasantville Police Department; New Castle’s Community Resource Officer Michelle Mazzocchi; and more than a dozen high school students. Lowey invi…

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Fairfield County Woman, 40, Sentenced To Prison For Two Fraud Schemes Fairfield County Woman, 40, Sentenced To Prison For Two Fraud Schemes
Fairfield County Woman, 40, Sentenced To Prison For Two Fraud Schemes A 40-year-old Stratford woman has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison after her conviction in two fraud schemes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney in Connecticut. U.S. Attorney John H. Durham announced on Tuesday that Rachael Alexander, also known as Rachael Vierling, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven.  Judge Arterton ordered Alexander to pay restitution totaling nearly $443,808. Alexander, who is released on bond, was ordered to report to prison on April 18. Her imprisonment will be followed by three years of…

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CT Congressional Delegation Opposes Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan CT Congressional Delegation Opposes Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan
CT Congressional Delegation Opposes Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Reps. John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) wrote Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wednesday, Feb. 21, expressing opposition to the proposed expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling that could devastate Connecticut’s economy and environment.  Zinke announced in January that the Trump Administration would expand offshore oil and gas leasing to encompass about 90 percent of the United States’ coastal waters.  The congressional letter was submitted as …

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$14.7M Will Be Spent To Rehab I-84 Bridge In Two-Year Project $14.7M Will Be Spent To Rehab I-84 Bridge In Two-Year Project
$14.7M Will Be Spent To Rehab I-84 Bridge In Two-Year Project The New York State Bridge Authority awarded a $14.7 million contract to rehabilitate the Interstate 84 bridge over Route 9W in the Town of Newburgh. The project will affect I-84 motorists using the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge for two years. A state contract with Castleton-based A. Servidone Inc. calls for the work to be done two lanes at a time, from south to north, and to be completed in 2020, according to the Times Herald-Record. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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Politics
Cuomo Lashes Out At NRA In Heated Clash Cuomo Lashes Out At NRA In Heated Clash
Cuomo Lashes Out At NRA In Heated Clash Gov. Andrew Cuomo ripped the National Rifle Association's chief executive officer on Thursday for “peddling lies” after Wayne LaPierre named the governor in an attack on national Democratic leaders, The Hill and various media outlets reported.  “If Wayne LaPierre is attacking you, you know you’re doing something right,” Cuomo said in a statement. “As a father and a gun owner, I think it would be nice if the NRA listened to the millions of children across the country who are asking the President and the GOP Congress to stop this senseless gun violence,” Cuomo said.. Cuomo, considered a likl…

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Business
Rite Aid, Albertsons -- With $83 Billion In Revenue -- To Merge Rite Aid, Albertsons -- With $83 Billion In Revenue -- To Merge
Rite Aid, Albertsons -- With $83 Billion In Revenue -- To Merge Supermarket giant Albertsons said Tuesday, Feb. 20 that it plans to buy the remnants of the struggling Rite Aid drugstore chain, according to multiple news reports. But this report by Fortune said Albertsons might be buying a lemon in Rite Aid.  Albertsons is touting a better ability to serve pharmacy customers as one of the merger's potential benefits. But in Rite Aid, Albertsons, a chain which operates grocery stores such as Safeway and Jewel-Osco on top of its namesake, is buying a severely diminished drugstore chain, Fortune reported. Meanwhile, Walmart saw its stock drop by more than…

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Business
New Walter's Restaurant In White Plains Will Have More Of Fast-Casual Feel New Walter's Restaurant In White Plains Will Have More Of Fast-Casual Feel
New Walter's Restaurant In White Plains Will Have More Of Fast-Casual Feel Walter’s, a Mamaroneck mainstay that also expanded to Stamford, has experienced amazing growth in the recent years with the launch of its food trucks.  By April, Walter's plans to open its first indoor restaurant space at 186 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains with plenty of mustard-slathered hot dogs, and room to display generations of memorabilia and memories.  More details can be found by clicking here.  The new location will have more of a "fast-casual restaurant feel,” said Katharine Warrington Woodward.

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State Employee Put On Leave After Name-Dropping Cuomo In Airplane Tantrum State Employee Put On Leave After Name-Dropping Cuomo In Airplane Tantrum
State Employee Put On Leave After Name-Dropping Cuomo In Airplane Tantrum A state employee was put on leave after she name-dropped Gov. Andrew Cuomo during an airline temper tantrum captured on video by a Rochester-area woman, according to multiple news repots. A spokesperson for the state Council of the Arts told The Democrat and Chronicle in this article that it had removed an employee from its office pending an investigation into her conduct in the viral Facebook video, which garnered more than a million views since it was posted on Facebook by an upstate woman seated next to her. The Council spokesperson would not identify the employee or say whether the woma…

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It's Official: Stewart Airport Now Has A New Name It's Official: Stewart Airport Now Has A New Name
It's Official: Stewart Airport Now Has A New Name This story has been updated. Stewart International Airport in Orange County will be renamed New York Stewart International Airport as part of a $37 million effort to modernize facilities and bring new attention to the travel hub. The tremendous success of international air service by Norwegian Airlines at Stewart International Airport in Orange County has prompted the Port Authority to expand services including a permanent U.S. Customs inspection area at the airport based in New Windsor.  According to realestateindepth.com, passenger volumes at the Hudson Valley airport rose 62 percent las…

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First Woman Named Metro-North President First Woman Named Metro-North President
First Woman Named Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi has been named the first female president of Metro-North Railroad.  Rinaldi, has served as acting president of Metro-North since July 2017, and previously was Metro-North’s executive vice president, beginning in 2015.  On Wednesday, Feb. 21 she was officially named president.  She replaces Joe Giulietti who resigned last July after three years leading the railroad. Giulietti became Metro-North’s president in 2014, following railroad troubles that included a Bridgeport derailment in 2013.  Under his watch, the railroad set ridership records in 2016, as the New Haven Line …

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