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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

Schools
Port Chester High Nominated For Nine Metropolitan Theater Awards Port Chester High Nominated For Nine Metropolitan Theater Awards
Port Chester High Nominated For Nine Metropolitan Theater Awards PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Port Chester Drama Club’s recent production of "Pippin" has been nominated for nine Metropolitan High School Theater Awards. Josh Tenzer, producer of the Port Chester High School's Spring musical "Pippin," said winners will be announced June 6 at the 18th annual awards ceremony at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains. Port Chester won two Metros last spring as reported here. This year's Port Chester nine nominees are -- Production Number: "Glory" by the cast of Pippin -- Liam Herbert (Pippin) as actor In a leading role. -- C…

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Police & Fire
U.S. Route 1 Reopens After Motorcycle Collides With SUV In Mamaroneck U.S. Route 1 Reopens After Motorcycle Collides With SUV In Mamaroneck
U.S. Route 1 Reopens After Motorcycle Collides With SUV In Mamaroneck MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- U.S. Route 1 in the Village of Mamaroneck was closed for about six hours Friday after a 64-year-old motorcyclist collided with an SUV. The accident occurred at 1:40 p.m. on West Boston Post Road (Route 1) at Rockland Avenue. The village Police Department received several 911 calls regarding the collision. Responding officers arrived on scene and began rendering aid to the motorcyclist, a 64 year old male from Poughkeepsie. The male with head injuries was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. The female driver of the SUV, a 22-year-old female from the Villag…

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Police & Fire
Corrections Officer Assaulted By Inmate At Orange County Jail Corrections Officer Assaulted By Inmate At Orange County Jail
Corrections Officer Assaulted By Inmate At Orange County Jail GOSHEN, N.Y. -- A 45-year-old inmate at Orange County Jail has been charged with felony assault after attacking a corrections officer, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Joseph James of Montgomery also was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing, and obstruction of governmental administration for fighting as he was being booked into jail on Wednesday, a Sheriff's Office spokesman said. James was being jailed on a burglary charge. James grabbed the officer by the throat, a struggle ensued and other officers assisted in restraining and placing James in handcuffs, accordin…

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Politics
Maloney Unsuccessful In Battling GOP Over Anti-Gay Language Maloney Unsuccessful In Battling GOP Over Anti-Gay Language
Maloney Unsuccessful In Battling GOP Over Anti-Gay Language U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from Cold Spring, attracted national attention on Thursday when he tried to strip discriminatory wording out of a defense spending bill. Maloney tried to remove a measure that allowed discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transexual (LGBT) employees, but the GOP scrambled to keep it in by one vote as detailed by clicking here. The clock expired with 217 votes in favor of Maloney’s amendment. But House Republican leaders took the unusual step to hold the clock open for several minutes and persuade enough Republicans to switch their votes…

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Police & Fire
Dutchess Sheriff's, LaGrange Firefighters Respond To Two-Car Crash Dutchess Sheriff's, LaGrange Firefighters Respond To Two-Car Crash
Dutchess Sheriff's, LaGrange Firefighters Respond To Two-Car Crash LAGRANGE, N.Y. -- Firefighters and Dutchess County sheriff's deputies responded to a two-car crash Thursday morning. Passengers suffered non-life threatening injuries in the head-on accident, which occurred near Band Park at 9:35 a.m., according to Capt. John Watterson, a spokesman for the county Sheriff's Office. Return to Daily Voice for updates.

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Schools
White Plains Voters Approve $208M School Budget White Plains Voters Approve $208M School Budget
White Plains Voters Approve $208M School Budget WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Voters in the White Plains Central School District approved next year's proposed school district. The $208,750,000 spending plan for 2016-17 passed by a vote of 629 to 149, according to unofficial returns from the school district. The budget as approved will grow by about 1.4 percent over the current year's school budget. Next year's property tax levy will total $170,975,098, which is a 0.24 percent increase over the current school year.

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Blind Brook, Port Chester Voters Approve School Budgets Blind Brook, Port Chester Voters Approve School Budgets
Blind Brook, Port Chester Voters Approve School Budgets This story has been updated. PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Voters in the Blind Brook and Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District easily approved their school budgets on Tuesday. According to unofficial returns in Port Chester, the proposed budget for 2016-17 passed by a vote of 812 to 570. Blind Brooks' proposed $43.2 million school budget passed by a vote of 370 to 35, according to unofficial returns. Education spending will increase about 1.4 percent over the current school year with the approval. In Port Chester, next year's $92,111,720 budget calls for a modest spending increase of 0.43 p…

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Ardsley, Edgemont, Greenburgh Voters Approve School Budgets Ardsley, Edgemont, Greenburgh Voters Approve School Budgets
Ardsley, Edgemont, Greenburgh Voters Approve School Budgets This story has been updated. GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Voters in the Ardsley, Edgemont and Greenburgh Central school districts gave their thumbs up on Tuesday to spending plans for 2016-17. In Ardsley, a proposed $66.3 million school budget for next year easily passed by a vote of 801 to 289, according to unofficial results. That's a 3.9 percent spending increase over this year's budget. Edgemont voters approved a $55.9 million spending plan for 2016-17 on Tuesday by an unofficial vote of 355 to 88. Next year's budget will increase by about 3.3 percent over the current school year. In Greenburg…

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Police & Fire
20-Year-Old Arraigned In Westchester Ambush Shooting Murder 20-Year-Old Arraigned In Westchester Ambush Shooting Murder
20-Year-Old Arraigned In Westchester Ambush Shooting Murder WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A 20-year-old White Plains man was arraigned on Wednesday in connection with an ambush-style murder, according to Acting Westchester County District Attorney James A. McCarty. Michael Djukic of 25 Lake St. was indicted as a co-conspirator in last month's shooting death of 23-year-old Dominique Hospie, according to the D.A.'s office. Hospie, a 2010 graduate of Peekskill High School, had been involved in a prior shooting incident for which he served prison time, as reported here by Daily Voice. After shooting a 16-year-old White Plains boy in Delfino Park in the fall of…

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Harrison Voters Easily Approve $110M School Budget, Elect Two Trustees Harrison Voters Easily Approve $110M School Budget, Elect Two Trustees
Harrison Voters Easily Approve $110M School Budget, Elect Two Trustees HARRISON, N.Y. -- Voters in the Harrison Central School District easily passed a $110 million school budget for 2016-17 on Tuesday, according to unofficial returns. Next year's budget proposal, which calls for a 0.69 percent spending increase over this year, passed by 1,264 to 372 votes, school officials said. The property tax levy also will increase slightly. Rachel Estroff was re-elected to the Harrison Board of Education with 1,035 votes.   Placido Dino Puccio was elected to the Board with 983 votes, filling the position vacated by trustee Abby Mendelsohn.  Unofficial vote tallies can …

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