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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

News
Former Area Priest Removed After Sex Abuse Allegations Former Area Priest Removed After Sex Abuse Allegations
Former Area 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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Police & Fire
Four Upstate Suspects Arrested With $170,000 In Heroin, Cocaine Four Upstate Suspects Arrested With $170,000 In Heroin, Cocaine
Four Upstate Suspects Arrested With $170,000 In Heroin, Cocaine WALLKILL, N.Y. -- 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 …

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Politics
Elected Area Leaders React To Terrorist Bombings In Belgium Elected Area Leaders React To Terrorist Bombings In Belgium
Elected Area Leaders React To Terrorist Bombings In Belgium Elected officials representing the Hudson Valley reacted with outrage on Tuesday following the suicide bombings that killed at least 30 people in Brussels. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said, “Our hearts and prayers are with the people of Belgium as yet another murderous rampage has been carried out by ISIS." "It is yet again another reminder of the vigilance needed at home and abroad.," Astorino said. "We are under attack by radical Islamic terrorists and peaceful nations and peoples across the world need to unite to not only condemn these killings but to st…

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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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Business
Sales Executive Job Open In Westchester Sales Executive Job Open In Westchester
Sales Executive Job Open In Westchester PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Ricoh is looking for a sales executive. The Purchase-based job requires a four-year college degree or equivalent experience in a related field. The new hire will proactively develop new customer contacts. To search for a wider selection of jobs, click here on the Daily Voice site. 

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Police & Fire
Officials Provide Info On Man Struck, Killed By Car At County Center Officials Provide Info On Man Struck, Killed By Car At County Center
Officials Provide Info On Man Struck, Killed By Car At County Center This story has been updated. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Westchester County officials identified the man who was killed on the Bronx River Parkway in White Plains on Saturday night and provided additional information. The Westchester Medical Examiner said Benjamin Wolf, 65, of Brooklyn, died when he was hit by a car at the crosswalk outside the Westchester County Center. Witnesses told police that Wolf dashed across the northbound lanes of the Bronx River Parkway when he was struck by a motorist. Wolf was not in the crosswalk when he was hit, and the motorist was cooperative and not ticketed. …

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Police & Fire
Man Struck, Killed By Car At Westchester County Center ID'd Man Struck, Killed By Car At Westchester County Center ID'd
Man Struck, Killed By Car At Westchester County Center ID'd This story has been updated. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Westchester County officials identified the man who was killed on the Bronx River Parkway in White Plains on Saturday night. The Westchester Medical Examiner says Benjamin Wolf, 65, of Brooklyn, died when he was hit by a car at the crosswalk outside the Westchester County Center. Witnesses told police that Wolf dashed across the northbound lanes of the Bronx River Parkway when he was struck by a motorist. Wolf was not in the crosswalk when he was hit, and the motorist was cooperative and not ticketed. Return to Daily Voice for updates.

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Police & Fire
Westchester Construction Worker 'Critical' After Being Pinned By Bulldozer Westchester Construction Worker 'Critical' After Being Pinned By Bulldozer
Westchester Construction Worker 'Critical' After Being Pinned By Bulldozer RYE, N.Y. -- A 29-year-old construction worker from Hartsdale is in critical condition after he was run over by a bulldozer on Thursday, according to Rye police. About 2 p.m. on Thursday, Rye police and firefighters as well Emergency Medial Services from Port Chester/Rye Brook were called to 754 Boston Post Road. (Route 1) Upon arrival, it was discovered that the Hartsdale victim had been struck by a 2014 Caterpillar front-end loader, police said. A 29-year-old male, whose name has not been released, was the operator of the front-end loader and exited the machine to inspect the constructio…

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News
Westchester Reacts To 'More Harassment' From Federal Housing Monitor Westchester Reacts To 'More Harassment' From Federal Housing Monitor
Westchester Reacts To 'More Harassment' From Federal Housing Monitor WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The latest report from a federal housing monitor "is more harassment,'' a spokesman for Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said on Friday afternoon. Federal monitor James Johnson said, in this 69-page report, that Westchester County officials spread demonstrably false information about the county's federal housing discrimination settlement in an effort to undermine the process. Johnson, an attorney and court-appointed monitor, said in his new report that Astorino and other top Westchester officials have claimed in public that the 2009 settlement would cost …

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Neighbors
Westchester Couple Meets For Afternoon Dates After Four Decades Of Marriage Westchester Couple Meets For Afternoon Dates After Four Decades Of Marriage
Westchester Couple Meets For Afternoon Dates After Four Decades Of Marriage PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Forty years after they said, "I do," a couple from Port Chester regularly meets for coffee or hot chocolate after school. Justina Romashko teaches special education/social studies at Port Chester High School. Her husband, Lloyd Miller, is a retired emergency room nurse and former trauma program manager at Stamford Hospital.  They agreed to share some stories from their marriage on video with Daily Voice. Justina and Lloyd met as college students at SUNY Stony Brook. They'll celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary in May.  Miller, 66, said paying attention …

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