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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
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
No ID Yet On Body Found Underneath Westchester Parkway Overpass No ID Yet On Body Found Underneath Westchester Parkway Overpass
No ID Yet On Body Found Underneath Westchester Parkway Overpass WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- County police are awaiting toxicology results from the Westchester Medical Examiner's Office before an identity is released for the man found dead early Saturday below an overpass on the Bronx River Parkway in Scarsdale, a spokesman said Tuesday. The body, spotted by a driver about 5 a.m. Saturday, is that of a middle-aged man who was either white or Hispanic, authorities said earlier. The man's cause of death may be determined by the toxicology tests, the county spokesman said. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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Schools
Grammy-Nominated Singer Helps Port Chester HS Rehearse for 'Pippin' Grammy-Nominated Singer Helps Port Chester HS Rehearse for 'Pippin'
Grammy-Nominated Singer Helps Port Chester HS Rehearse for 'Pippin' PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Here's a video of Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Seth Glier’s March concert with the cast of Port Chester High’s production of the musical “Pippin.”  The benefit concert raised nearly $3,000 to help pay for sets, costumes and other costs for the high school musical set for April 14-16. Students opened their March 12 fundraising concert with an energetic rendition of “Magic to Do” from Pippin.  Afterwards, Glier and his touring partner, saxophonist Joe Nerney, played a set from his album, “If I Could Change One Thing.”  They also performed a few hits by other arti…

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Politics
Young Bernie Sanders Supporters Storm Out Of Clinton Westchester Speech Young Bernie Sanders Supporters Storm Out Of Clinton Westchester Speech
Young Bernie Sanders Supporters Storm Out Of Clinton Westchester Speech HARRISON, N.Y. -- Several dozen young supporters of Vermont Democrat Bernie Sanders walked out of Hillary Clinton's speech at Purchase College on Thursday. The protesters interrupted Clinton's opening remarks by chanting "She wins, we lose" as they walked out peacefully amidst a heavy state police presence. "Oh, I know the Bernie people came to say that. . . .We're very sorry you're leaving,'' Clinton shouted to them as they filed out in a single line toward an exit at the Performing Arts Center. Clinton supporters chanted, "I'm with her" and "Hillary, Hillary…

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Business
RBA's Samuels On Minimum Wage Raise To $15: 'We Were Not In Favor' RBA's Samuels On Minimum Wage Raise To $15: 'We Were Not In Favor'
RBA's Samuels On Minimum Wage Raise To $15: 'We Were Not In Favor' Passage of a phased-in hike in the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour was generally praised by many elected officials but panned by some business leaders. All Samuels, president and CEO of the Rockland Business Association, said, "Obviously we were not in favor of this." But Samuels said he was pleased that the compromise included an annual study of the economic impact of the minimum wage increases. "Rockland County was appropriately and finally identified as 'upstate' for the passage of this,'' Samuels added, meaning its minimum wage increases will kick in later than in N…

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Business
Business Groups, Politicians React To Minimum Wage Raise To $15 Business Groups, Politicians React To Minimum Wage Raise To $15
Business Groups, Politicians React To Minimum Wage Raise To $15 Passage of a phased-in hike in the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour was generally praised by many elected officials but panned by some business leaders. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders reached an agreement on new minimum wages as part of the 2016-17 budget deal approved late Thursday. Wages will begin to increase in January under terms of the plan, with New York City hitting to $15 within three years. Workers in Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties, will see an increase to $10 at the end of 2016, then $1 each year after, reaching $15 on Dec. 31, 2021. For workers i…

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Politics
Westchester's Nita Lowey Kicks Off Clinton's Local Presidential Campaign Westchester's Nita Lowey Kicks Off Clinton's Local Presidential Campaign
Westchester's Nita Lowey Kicks Off Clinton's Local Presidential Campaign HARRISON, N.Y. -- U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey gave a spirited 10-minute introduction for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton before the Democrat's campaign speech at Purchase College. "In New York, we know that Hillary Clinton doesn’t just fight the tough battles. She wins them," said Lowey, a top congressional Democrat who represents Westchester and Rockland counties. "From relief for NY in the aftermath of September 11, to health insurance for eight million children, to better education for all our children and jobs for economically depressed communities, Hillary got the job do…

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Politics
Hillary Clinton Clashes With Sanders Supporter In Westchester Hillary Clinton Clashes With Sanders Supporter In Westchester
Hillary Clinton Clashes With Sanders Supporter In Westchester HARRISON, N.Y. -- Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton clashed with a supporter of Democratic primary opponent Bernie Sanders on Thursday as she arrived for a campaign speech at Purchase College. "I am so sick. I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about that. I'm sick of it,'' Clinton responds while pointing her finger at a Greenpeace activist who began by thanking the Democrat for supporting action protecting the environment from climate change. Clinton, who has lived in Chappaqua since 1999, denied her campaign would accept money from fossil fuel proponents. A couple dozen s…

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Politics
Hillary Clinton Pumps Up NY Primary Campaign With Purchase College Visit Hillary Clinton Pumps Up NY Primary Campaign With Purchase College Visit
Hillary Clinton Pumps Up NY Primary Campaign With Purchase College Visit WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton gave a rousing speech to more than 500 college students and other supporters on the campus of SUNY Purchase in Harrison Thursday.  It was the Democratic presidential candidate's first official campaign event in Westchester Couny leading up to the April 19 primary election in New York.  "I believe the path to the White House goes right through New York,' and I'm not taking anything for granted," Clinton said of this state's importance to her defeating U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Twitter feeds from her local appearanc…

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News
Playland Manager Gets New Extension On Option To Run, Renovate Park Playland Manager Gets New Extension On Option To Run, Renovate Park
Playland Manager Gets New Extension On Option To Run, Renovate Park RYE, N.Y. -- It's no April Fool's joke.  Westchester County's Board of Legislators have granted the interim manager of Playland another extension on its contract to run the county-owned park.  Standard Amusements now has another month -- until April 29 -- to finalize its agreement to invest $25 million in Playland and start taking over full-time management of the park in Rye later this year, officials said on Wednesday. The first extension approved laste fall with the support of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, Westchester Board of Legislators Chairman Michael Kaplowitz, and Harr…

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