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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
Rye Voters Approve School Budget, New Furnace At Elementary School Rye Voters Approve School Budget, New Furnace At Elementary School
Rye Voters Approve School Budget, New Furnace At Elementary School RYE, N.Y. -- Voters easily approved the Rye City School District's annual budget on Tuesday as well as a bond issue to install a new furnace at Osborn Elementary School. Rye residents also elected Jennifer Boyle and Katy Keohane Glassberg to the Board of Education, with respective vote totals of 1,270 and 1,206. The Rye school budget for 2016-17 passed by a unofficial vote of 1,165 to 365, according to RCSD spokeswoman Sarah Derman. Rye's approved school budget of $85 million is an increase of 2.6 percent over this year's spending plan. Last spring, Rye voters approved a tax cap override f…

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Police & Fire
Police Nab Westchester Teenagers After Armed Robbery Police Nab Westchester Teenagers After Armed Robbery
Police Nab Westchester Teenagers After Armed Robbery PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Two young suspects have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery, Port Chester police said on Wednesday. About 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a report of a robbery in progress on Poningo Street near Buckley Avenue.  The robbery victim told police he was approached by two males, one of whom brandished a knife, who asked for his wallet. The victim provided responding officers with a physical description of the two suspects. Shortly afterward, Port Chester detectives spotted two subjects on Buckley Avenue who closely fit the description of the perpe…

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Police & Fire
Police Arrest Man For Exposing Himself Near Westchester High School Police Arrest Man For Exposing Himself Near Westchester High School
Police Arrest Man For Exposing Himself Near Westchester High School PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Police arrested a Connecticut man on Tuesday in connection with a series of three exposure incidents. Port Chester police said they arrested Humberto Garcia-Palacio, 30, of Greenwich at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The arrest came hours after the latest flashing incident near College and Glen avenues by a 16-year-old Port Chester High School girl as reported here by Daily Voice. All three offenses occurred in the proximity of the Port Chester High School, police said on Wednesday. Acting on information from the public, and a positive identification from surveillance footage,…

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Business
Westchester Legislators Approve Airport Expansion For Million Air Westchester Legislators Approve Airport Expansion For Million Air
Westchester Legislators Approve Airport Expansion For Million Air WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Westchester County's Board of Legislators approved two local laws on Monday night that clear the path for a nearly $30 million expansion of an already successful local airline company. Under a new 30-year lease with Million Air, the county granted expansion of the company's facilities on 22 acres at Westchester County Airport in Harrison. County government officials said projected revenue to the county will increase from approximately $60,000/year to about $320,000 annually in the next 40 months. In 2020, projected revenue will increase to about $780,000, with annual …

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Police & Fire
Police Seek Suspect Who Exposed Himself To Port Chester Teenager Police Seek Suspect Who Exposed Himself To Port Chester Teenager
Police Seek Suspect Who Exposed Himself To Port Chester Teenager PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Police are actively investigating an incident in which a man exposed himself to a 16-year-old girl as she walked to high school, Port Chester Police Chief Richard Conway said Tuesday afternoon. The student was walking to Port Chester High School when a man jumped out of the bushes with his pants around his ankles near the corner of College and Glen avenues, Conway said. The girl ran safely into PCHS, where she called her father, who notified police, Conway said. The Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District emailed a photo of the suspect that was released by the pol…

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Schools
School Budgets Approved In Nyack, Pearl River, South Orangetown School Budgets Approved In Nyack, Pearl River, South Orangetown
School Budgets Approved In Nyack, Pearl River, South Orangetown This story has been updated. School budgets were easily approved Tuesday by residents of all school districts in Rockland County. A solid majority of voters in East Ramapo Central School District reelected incumbent Board of Education members Yehudah Weissmandel, Bernard L. Charles, Jr. and Pierre Germain. And East Ramapo voters approved the annual school budget by a vote of 4544 to 3615.  Also elected in East Ramapo was Sabrina Charles-Pierre, to an unexpired school board seat that she was appointed to last year. Sabrina ran unopposed. East Ramapo's approved school budget of $224.4 mill…

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Schools
School Budget Goes To Nyack Voters School Budget Goes To Nyack Voters
School Budget Goes To Nyack Voters Rockland County residents can vote on their school district''s annual budgets as well as Board of Election races on Tuesday.  Polls are generally open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted below. Clarkstown Central School District's proposed $195.5 million budget for 2016-17 is a 2 percent spending increase over this year. Its property tax levy will increase slightly. East Ramapo has the largest proposed budget of Rockland County's eight school districts and also the toughest job selling its annual spending plan. East Ramapo residents have defeated six of the district's budgets duri…

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Schools
Mamaroneck High Students Share Science Trends At 21st Research Symposium Mamaroneck High Students Share Science Trends At 21st Research Symposium
Mamaroneck High Students Share Science Trends At 21st Research Symposium MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- About 80 Mamaroneck High School students will participate in the high school's 21st Annual Original Science Research (OSR) Symposium. The symposium begins at 7 p.m. in the high school library. Research students from the 10th, 11th and 12th grades will present posters and PowerPoints highlighting their three-year, professional-level scientific projects.  Topics include Biology, Medicine, Psychology, Astronomy, Environmental Science and Computer Science and other fascinating science topics. Whether you are the parent of one of the student presenters or the parent of a yo…

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Police & Fire
Accidents Involving Bears Rise On Hudson Valley Roadways Accidents Involving Bears Rise On Hudson Valley Roadways
Accidents Involving Bears Rise On Hudson Valley Roadways Most motorists are familiar with deer crossing signs. But how about bear crossings? Bear sightings used to be a rarity in the tri-state area. But sightings are at record levels this year,. This is particularly true near New York state's border with Connecticut along Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties, as reported here by Daily Voice. Now, New York state officials are beginning to track data on vehicle accidents involving bears. The latest report of a bear killed on area roadways came on May 2, when a small bear was found dead on a Taconic State Parkway median just south of Interstat…

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Neighbors
Pet Rescue Puts A New Batch Of Pups Up For Adoption In Harrison Pet Rescue Puts A New Batch Of Pups Up For Adoption In Harrison
Pet Rescue Puts A New Batch Of Pups Up For Adoption In Harrison HARRISON, N.Y. -- Pet Rescue of Harrison reports it recently saved dozens more dogs and puppies that are now up for adoption. Dog and puppy "meet and greets" are planned every Saturday this month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 7 Harrison Ave.  On Thursdays in May, there will be an open house for cats and kittens from 4 to 6 p.m. at the same location.  Serious potential pet owners are encouraged to fill-out Pet Rescue's online application in advance. Additional dogs and cats can be viewed on the attachment below and at Pet Rescue's web site by clicking here.

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