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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
LaGrange Firefighters Contain Four-Alarm Blaze LaGrange Firefighters Contain Four-Alarm Blaze
LaGrange Firefighters Contain Four-Alarm Blaze This story has been updated. LAGRANGEVILLE, N.Y. -- LaGrange Volunteer Firefighters have contained a four-alarm fire that started early Sunday afternoon. Firefighters were called to a large brush fire near Routes 55 and 82 in Lagrangeville shortly after noon on Sunday, a spokesman for the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department confirmed. About 2 p.m., a fourth alarm blasted for additional help with multiple volunteer fire departments at the scene. Fire dispatchers were requesting a recall of Battalions 2 and 6 firefighters. Earlier, all off-duty paid members were ordered to respond and help…

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Stolen Handgun, Ammo Recovered After DWI Stop By Dutchess Sheriff's Deputy Stolen Handgun, Ammo Recovered After DWI Stop By Dutchess Sheriff's Deputy
Stolen Handgun, Ammo Recovered After DWI Stop By Dutchess Sheriff's Deputy POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A handgun reported stolen from Florida was recovered early Sunday after a DWI suspect tossed it from his vehicle during a traffic stop by a Dutchess County sheriff's deputy The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office reported the arrest of Brandon Bailey, 30, of Poughkeepsie on Main Street in the City of Poughkeepsie about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. A deputy sheriff on STOP-DWI patrol observed a 2006 Honda driven by Bailey speeding along Baker Street and attempted to stop the vehicle, according to a sheriff's spokesman. The Honda continued onto Church Street and then Main Street, …

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Man Charged With DWI Had 2-Year-Old In Car, Dutchess Sheriff Says Man Charged With DWI Had 2-Year-Old In Car, Dutchess Sheriff Says
Man Charged With DWI Had 2-Year-Old In Car, Dutchess Sheriff Says POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A Poughkeepsie man was arrested early Sunday for driving while intoxicated with a 2-year-old child in the car. Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office reported the arrest of Obed G. Mata, 24, of Poughkeepsie on Main Street in the Town of Poughkeepsie about 4 a.m. on Sunday. A deputy sheriff on STOP-DWI patrol reportedly observed Mata driving a 2006 Toyota and stopped him for committing a traffic infraction. Subsequent investigation revealed that he was intoxicated and he was arrested for DWI, a sheriff's department spokesman said. At the time he was stopped, Mata had the 2-…

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SUNY New Paltz Issues Safety Alert After Students Report Sexual Assaults SUNY New Paltz Issues Safety Alert After Students Report Sexual Assaults
SUNY New Paltz Issues Safety Alert After Students Report Sexual Assaults NEW PALTZ, N.Y. -- SUNY New Paltz University Police issued a safety alert on Thursday related to two alleged incidents of sexual abuse in New Paltz,  In separate incidents, a pair of female SUNY New Paltz students reported being sexually abused by a light skinned Hispanic male, suspected to be a non-student. University police described the suspect as being about 5-foot-8 and 18 to 21years old. University Police Chief David Dugatkin said the first incident took place outside on the north side of the SUNY New Paltz campus. The second incident occurred in the Village of New Paltz in the area o…

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French American School Is Evacuated After Gas Odor Reported French American School Is Evacuated After Gas Odor Reported
French American School Is Evacuated After Gas Odor Reported This story has been updated. MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- The French American School of New York in the village of Mamaroneck was evacuated briefly on Thursday morning due to a report of a gas odor detected. No one was reported hurt, but volunteer firefighters and Con Edison were called to 145 New St. About 11:10 a.m., police and school officials said students had returned to class.  It was determined that a gas pilot had gone out in an oven at the school, which caused the odor, a school spokeswoman said. The problem was fixed, police said. School officials and police said the evacuation went smo…

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Police Locate Missing Hyde Park Teenage Girl Police Locate Missing Hyde Park Teenage Girl
Police Locate Missing Hyde Park Teenage Girl HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- Hyde Park Police said they have located a 14-year-old girl who reportedly ran away from home earlier on Wednesday. Police posted a photo and details about Myranda Moyer-Boughton's disappearance on Facebook. Moyer-Boughton was safe, police told Daily Voice.

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Politics
Uncontested Races Retain Incumbents In Greenburgh, Ardsley Uncontested Races Retain Incumbents In Greenburgh, Ardsley
Uncontested Races Retain Incumbents In Greenburgh, Ardsley GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Incumbency is alive and well in the Town of Greenburgh, where the 24-year town supervisor and his entire board was reelected on Tuesday unopposed. The same held true in three of the six villages within the Town of Greenburgh on Tuesday: Voters in Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry and Irvington all elected village officials who ran unopposed this fall. Notable among the re-elected incumbents is Paul Feiner, first elected Greenburgh town supervisor in 1991. Feiner, a Democrat, was unopposed by received nearly 6,000 votes on Tuesday, according to unofficial returns from the Westchester …

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Politics
Mount Pleasant Voters Re-Elect Supervisor, Two Town Board Incumbents Mount Pleasant Voters Re-Elect Supervisor, Two Town Board Incumbents
Mount Pleasant Voters Re-Elect Supervisor, Two Town Board Incumbents MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- Voters elected Republican incumbents Nicholas DiPaolo and Mark Rubeo Jr. to the Mount Pleasant Town Board on Tuesday. According to unofficial returns from the Westchester County Board of Elections, DiPaolo was elected to his first full-term with 3,223 votes or 39 percent of the total cast. Rubeo was re-elected to his second full-term with 3,122 votes or 38 percent of the total. Democrat Wayne McPartland failed to win a seat, receiving 1,973 votes or 24 percent of the total cast on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. The rest of Mount Pleasant's elective offic…

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Rye Voters Pick Three New Common Council Members Rye Voters Pick Three New Common Council Members
Rye Voters Pick Three New Common Council Members RYE, N.Y. -- Rye voters elected three new members to the Rye Common Council on Tuesday. There were three seats up this election, with council members Richard Slack and Laura Brett deciding against running for reelection. The top finisher in a six-way vote for three seats was Democrat Emily Hurd with 1,572 votes, or 19 percent, according to unofficial returns from the Westchester County Board of Elections. The top Republican vote-getter on Tuesday, was Richard Mecca -- with 1,408 votes or 17 percent, according to unofficial returns. Mecca was appointed by Rye Mayor Joe Sack to fill an unexp…

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Mamaroneck Voters Re-Elect Mayor, Councilman In Close Challenges Mamaroneck Voters Re-Elect Mayor, Councilman In Close Challenges
Mamaroneck Voters Re-Elect Mayor, Councilman In Close Challenges MAMARONECK, N.Y. --It was close for most of Tuesday night, but Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum, 72, was re-elected to a fourth, two-year term. Rosenblum, a Republican, is a contract administrator for Safe Flight Instrument Corporation. Unofficial returns from the Westchester County Board of Elections had Rosenblum leading Democrat Daniel Natchez by 53 to 47 percent -- a margin of less than 200 votes. Natchez, 71, is president of an environmental waterfront development design consulting company. Natchez, a former village trustee, has said hasty development can harm the village.…

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