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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 Search For Missing Westchester Teenager Police Search For Missing Westchester Teenager
Police Search For Missing Westchester Teenager THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED. GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- A 16-year-old girl has been missing since Friday night, according to Greenburgh police. Police said Treia Boozier was last known to be in the Greenburgh/White Plains area about 8 p.m. on April 1 and has not been seen or heard from since. A family member told Daily Voice on Thursday that Treia had been at an Oak Street address last Friday evening and was last seen walking along Manhattan Avenue in Greenburgh. Treia is a black female weighing about 155 pounds. She is 5-foot 6-inches tall with brown hair. Anyone with information on Boozier's …

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Police & Fire
Metro-North, Police Respond To Unconscious Passenger On Train Metro-North, Police Respond To Unconscious Passenger On Train
Metro-North, Police Respond To Unconscious Passenger On Train LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- Metro-North and Larchmont police responded to a report of a passenger unconscious on a northbound train stopped in Larchmont. Aaron Donovan, a Metro-North spokesman, said there was an unresponsive customer in the bathroom of the Stamford-bound local train that departed Grand Central Station at 2:37 p.m.  MTA police were notified and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded, Donovan said.  The train was delayed about 20 minutes. EMS met the passenger at the Larchmont station, and the passenger was then transported to Sound Shore Hospital, according to MTA spokeswoma…

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Police & Fire
Westchester Movie Theatre Employee Knocked To Ground By Teenager Westchester Movie Theatre Employee Knocked To Ground By Teenager
Westchester Movie Theatre Employee Knocked To Ground By Teenager PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- A 24-year-old employee of AMC Loews Movie Theater was punched and knocked to the ground on Monday night by a teenager trying to sneak in without paying. The worker's mother contacted Daily Voice with an account of the incident. Police had no immediate details. No arrests have been made. A Loews theater manager declined comment, referring Daily Voice to AMC management, which could not be reached on Tuesday. "He has been the victim of many intimidating situations,'' the parent from Stamford, Conn., said. "This evening while trying to stop a juvenile from enter…

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Police & Fire
Metro-North, Police Respond To Unconscious Passenger On Train Metro-North, Police Respond To Unconscious Passenger On Train
Metro-North, Police Respond To Unconscious Passenger On Train LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- Metro-North and Larchmont police responded to a report of a passenger unconscious on a northbound train stopped in Larchmont. Aaron Donovan, a Metro-North spokesman, said there was an unresponsive customer in the bathroom of the Stamford-bound local train that departed Grand Central Station at 2:37 p.m.  MTA police were notified and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded, Donovan said.  The train was delayed about 20 minutes. EMS met the passenger at the Larchmont station, and the passenger was then transported to Sound Shore Hospital, according to MTA spokeswoma…

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Police & Fire
Police Investigate Cars Spray Painted By Vandals Police Investigate Cars Spray Painted By Vandals
Police Investigate Cars Spray Painted By Vandals GREENBURGH, N.Y -- Police are investigating an incident involving the spray painting of several cars in Greenburgh early Wednesday. At about 1:30 a.m, Greenburgh police responded to a home located in the vicinity of County Center Road to investigate a complaint of criminal mischief.  Police officers observed three motor vehicles that were parked in the driveway, heavily damaged with graffiti from spray paint. The damage to the vehicles exceeds the $1,500 minimum, making it a Class D felony, police said. Patrol officers canvassed the area to locate any potential evidence and possible suspe…

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Police & Fire
Police In Greenburgh Investigate Suspicious Grenade Police In Greenburgh Investigate Suspicious Grenade
Police In Greenburgh Investigate Suspicious Grenade GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- A store owner reported finding what he believed to be a live hand grenade about noon on Wednesday, police said. The report prompted parts of Route 119 to be closed at police and firefighters responded to 247 Tarrytown Road. The Westchester Bomb Squad also responded. Traffic on Tarrytown Road in front of the location was diverted in both directions.  After the grenade was determined to be inert -- and harmless -- the area was deemed safe and opened for all traffic at 12:45 p.m., police said.

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Politics
Dutchess County Lands On Map With New Yorker's Political Cartoon Dutchess County Lands On Map With New Yorker's Political Cartoon
Dutchess County Lands On Map With New Yorker's Political Cartoon DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A cartoon in New Yorker magazine depicts Noah leading some birds and an elephant out of an ark. The cartoon's caption on page 43 reads: "Poughkeepsie!" Is it a reference to newly elected Republican Mayor Rob Rolison? Is there an assumption Dutchess County may be a political stronghold for presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, who's also featured in the April 11 issue of the magazine? Or should county residents of the affordable upstate communities along the Hudson River merely be pleased about publicity? Mayor Rolison reacted: "Even Noah knows 't…

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Business
White Plains Mayor Joins Grand Opening Of KEE Oyster House White Plains Mayor Joins Grand Opening Of KEE Oyster House
White Plains Mayor Joins Grand Opening Of KEE Oyster House WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Fresh lobster, oysters and champagne greeted guests at Tuesday's grand opening of KEE Oyster House. White Plains Mayor Tom Roach and George Oros, chief of staff to Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, welcomed the new restaurant at 126 E. Post Road during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. "I want to thank you for your significant investment,'' Roach said. "The food is fantastic." Three Westchester natives with a love of food, family, and friends opened the eatery on Feb 29. KEE represents the owners' first names -- Kenan "Kenny" Neziraj from Yo…

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Schools
Local High School Seniors Display Artwork In Second Annual Show Local High School Seniors Display Artwork In Second Annual Show
Local High School Seniors Display Artwork In Second Annual Show This story has been updated. PORT CHESTER, N.Y. - International Baccalaureate visual arts students, all seniors, held their second annual art show at Port Chester High School on Monday. Each of the 19 Port Chester students taking IB Visual Arts 2 exhibited four to seven pieces in the show, done both in and out of class over the past two school years. IB Visual Arts, taught by April Dessereau, is a two-year course that includes assessments by the students’ teacher as well as external assessments of the students’ portfolios. Every year, some of the subjects vary and some of them stay the sa…

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Schools
High State Testing Opt-Out Rates Being Reported In Some Westchester Schools High State Testing Opt-Out Rates Being Reported In Some Westchester Schools
High State Testing Opt-Out Rates Being Reported In Some Westchester Schools WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The first "opt out" rates on this week's standardized state tests are coming in -- and like last year -- some of them are high. Elmsford Union Free School District reported that about 58 percent of parent's of eighth graders refused to allow their children to take this week's English Language Arts Assessment tests. At Valhalla Union Free School District, nearly 28 percent of the 352 students in grades six through eight opted out this week, according to school officials. That's actually down from last year when about 35 percent of Valhalla's students in…

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