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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

Politics
Clinton Campaign Visit To Westchester Kicks Off NY Primary Race Clinton Campaign Visit To Westchester Kicks Off NY Primary Race
Clinton Campaign Visit To Westchester Kicks Off NY Primary Race This story has been updated. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The campaign for New York state's 247 Democratic delegates will be in full swing this week.  Hillary Clinton of Chappaqua will make a campaign visit to Purchase College in Harrison on Thursday, afternoon while presidential primary rival Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, will visit the South Bronx in the morning.  New York's primary election for both major political parties is on April 19. Clinton, a former New York senator, First Lady and Secretary of State, held an "organizing event" Wednesday morning at the Ap…

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Police & Fire
Police Respond To Report Of Multiple Shots Fired In Mamaroneck Police Respond To Report Of Multiple Shots Fired In Mamaroneck
Police Respond To Report Of Multiple Shots Fired In Mamaroneck This story has been updated. MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Town of Mamaroneck police responded to "numerous calls" about shots fired Tuesday night outside an apartment building. Lt. Robert Koziak, a police spokesman, said no one was injured or arrested in connection with the 10:18 p.m. shootings at 35 N. Chatsworth Ave. in Larchmont. Koziak said police found bullet holes damaged a vehicle in the parking lot of the Chatsworth apartment building, known as Carlton House. A bullet also went through the wall of a Mamaroneck home located near the Chatsworth apartment building, according to Kozi…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
Grammy-Nominated Singer Helps High School Raise Money for April Musical Grammy-Nominated Singer Helps High School Raise Money for April Musical
Grammy-Nominated Singer Helps High School Raise Money for April Musical This story has been updated. PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Seth Glier’s concert with the cast of Port Chester High’s production of the musical “Pippin” raised nearly $3,000 this month. Josh Tenzer, high school teacher and drama coach, said the money will be used to pay for sets, costumes and other costs for the high school musical, scheduled 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, “…

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by Ambar Lopez
News
Another Westchester Municipality Adopts Local Law Banning 'Puppy Mills' Another Westchester Municipality Adopts Local Law Banning 'Puppy Mills'
Another Westchester Municipality Adopts Local Law Banning 'Puppy Mills' MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- The Town of Mount Pleasant recently became the second municipality in Westchester County and possibly statewide to ban "puppy mills." Last month, the Village of Mamaroneck became the first community statewide to pass such a ban. Mamaroneck's law mandates that village pet stores sell cats and dogs from shelters and rescue groups, rather than commercially-bred animals. Mount Pleasant Town Board Member Nicholas DiPaolo said his town's new law also bans the sale of commercially bred puppies and kittens within the entire town including its villages. Mount Plea…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Police Officers Help Catch Burglary Suspect Off-Duty Police Officers Help Catch Burglary Suspect
Off-Duty Police Officers Help Catch Burglary Suspect PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Port Chester police made a felony arrest after responding to a burglary in progress on Saturday night. About 10:20 p.m., police responded to Regina Check Cashing at 12 King St. in Port Chester, according to Chief Richard Conway. .Upon their arrival, a witness pointed to the roof of 12 King Street and advised responding officers that the suspect was still on top of the roof attempting to gain entry to the building.  As police approached the building, the suspect jumped from the low end of the roof and ran toward the MTA platform engaging officers in a foot pursuit. Two…

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by Jon Craig
News
Iran Denies Any Role In Westchester Dam Hack Attack Iran Denies Any Role In Westchester Dam Hack Attack
Iran Denies Any Role In Westchester Dam Hack Attack RYE, N.Y. -- Iran's Foreign Ministry denied it hacked into computers at a small dam in Westchester as well as 46 financial institutions. The denial came on Saturday, two days after federal indictments accused seven Iranian computer workers with masterminding the cyberattack. The attack included attempts to access controls to a small dam on Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook. The dam's flood control gate was inoperable at the time due to maintenance, so no one was endangered, local officials said.  "The Islamic Republic of Iran has never had dangerous cyber actions on its agenda and does not su…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
'Embrace The Power,' Ex-NFL Back Tells LGBTQ Teenagers At Purchase College 'Embrace The Power,' Ex-NFL Back Tells LGBTQ Teenagers At Purchase College
'Embrace The Power,' Ex-nfl Back Tells LGBTQ Teenagers At Purchase College PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Former NFL defensive cornerback Wade Davis, who came out as gay in 2012, told hundreds of LGBTQ middle and high school students to “embrace the power of being free, the power of being yourself” at an all-day conference at Purchase College on Wednesday. The PrideWorks 2016 conference, which drew about 540 LGBTQ middle and high school students to the SUNY Purchase campus, featured 36 workshops and 58 speakers. The workshops covered such topics as choosing the right college, LGBTQ in athletics and navigating life outside traditional gender roles. The speakers included educat…

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by William Garrity
Politics
Westchester Officials Welcome Indictment Of Iranians In Cyberattack Westchester Officials Welcome Indictment Of Iranians In Cyberattack
Westchester Officials Welcome Indictment Of Iranians In Cyberattack This story has been updated. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and other elected leaders welcomed Thursday's federal indictment of seven Iranian computer workers accused of hacking into the networks of financial institutions but failing to access controls to a small dam in Rye Brook. The dam is located near Interstate-287 at Rye's border with Harrison -- and close to several schools in the villages of Port Chester and Blind Brook.  The indictments mark the first time the Obama Administration has sought action against Iranians for a wave of computer attacks that began five years ago…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Four Hudson Valley Suspects Arrested With $170,000 In Heroin, Cocaine Four Hudson Valley Suspects Arrested With $170,000 In Heroin, Cocaine
Four Hudson Valley Suspects Arrested With $170,000 In Heroin, Cocaine Four upstate residents were arrested on Tuesday outside a motel in Orange County on charges related to their possession of $170,000 worth of heroin and cocaine. Captain Scott K Hamill, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, said two men and two women from St. Lawrence County were arrested on felony drug charges after deputies discovered heroin and cocaine in their car. They were being questioned while parked at the Super 8 Motel in the Town of Wallkill, Hamill said in a press statement. Subsequent to the initial arrest, a search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of a…

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News
Former Dutchess Priest Removed After Sex Abuse Allegations Former Dutchess Priest Removed After Sex Abuse Allegations
Former Dutchess Priest Removed After Sex Abuse Allegations RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- A former Dutchess County priest was officially removed from the clergy during the past month after an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse from the 1980s, according to the Archdiocese of New York. Claims of sexual abuse made against Peter J. Kihm, 60, last year were found to be credible by both law enforcement and the Archdiocesan Review Board, Auxiliary Bishop Dominick John Lagonegro said in a March 14 letter to parishioners of Church of the Good Shepherd in Rhinebeck, where Kihm most recently served as pastor. (See letter attached below.) However, the five-yea…

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