Light Rain 68°

Jon Craig

Reporter

jon.craig@dailyvoice.com

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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
Hastings Holds Special Tribute For Vietnam Veterans At Memorial Day Parade Hastings Holds Special Tribute For Vietnam Veterans At Memorial Day Parade
Hastings Holds Special Tribute For Vietnam Veterans At Memorial Day Parade This story has been updated. HASTINGS, N.Y. -- Hastings-on-Hudson marches to a different drummer by holding its annual Memorial Day parade on a Sunday afternoon. The parade begins at Reynolds Field and continues along Main Street, Warburton Avenue, North Street and Maple Avenue. Westchester County military veteran of the Vietnam era were invited to participate in Hastings' parade this year. The village, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Defense, honored those veterans who served in the Vietnam War during the 1960s and early '70s. The parade and ceremony was sponsored by t…

SHARE

by Daily Voice
Lifestyle
Bear Mountain Bridge Serenity On Display On Busy Getaway Holiday Travel Day Bear Mountain Bridge Serenity On Display On Busy Getaway Holiday Travel Day
Bear Mountain Bridge Serenity On Display On Busy Getaway Holiday Travel Day PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Motorists heading out of town for the Memorial Day weekend were treated to a marvelous sunset and other scenic views along the Hudson River on Friday. Visitors who stopped at the overlook along Route 6 -- just southeast of the Bear Mountain Bridge watched the sun fall beyond the mountaintops. A flat barge was being pushed south past Charles Point andD Indian Point toward the Tappan Zee Bridge. 

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Politics
Lowey, Shimsky Push For Federal Money To Repair Ashford Avenue Bridge Lowey, Shimsky Push For Federal Money To Repair Ashford Avenue Bridge
Lowey, Shimsky Push For Federal Money To Repair Ashford Avenue Bridge DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- Local elected officials joined U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey at the Ashford Avenue Bridge this week to highlight the need for federal money to repair Westchester County's highway infrastructure. The bridge was the site of a fatal crash last summer, and Congress has not approved a long-term Highway Trust Fund that would help pay for planned repairs. Reauthorization of short-term funding, set to expire on May 31, awaits a vote in the U.S. Senate. “Jobs, economic growth, and public safety are at stake, but, unfortunately, there’s no plan to permanently reauthorize the Highway T…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
News
Deer Defense Group Sues Westchester, Rye, Mamaroneck To Halt Hunting Plans Deer Defense Group Sues Westchester, Rye, Mamaroneck To Halt Hunting Plans
Deer Defense Group Sues Westchester, Rye, Mamaroneck To Halt Hunting Plans WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- A local animal defense group has notified the City of Rye, Village of Mamaroneck, Westchester County and state officials that it will take legal action to stop hunters from killing deer in area parks and other public property. A "notice of dangerous condition" was served on Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum, Rye Mayor Joseph Sack and state and county officials by an Ulster County law firm, according to Kiley Blackman of Tuckahoe, founder of Animal Defenders of Westchester, also known as ADOW. The amended notice of claim, dated May 15, says hunting within a municipal…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Broadway In North White Plains A Finalist In DVlicious Pizza Contest Broadway In North White Plains A Finalist In DVlicious Pizza Contest
Broadway In North White Plains A Finalist In DVlicious Pizza Contest WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- We asked. You answered. In our hunt for the best pizza in Westchester, Broadway Pizzeria Restaurant in North White Plains was selected by you -- our readers --  among the top five. We still need your vote to crown the winner but in the meantime, here's a "slice" of what makes this pizzeria so DVlicious. Voting is open until May 22 so go here to cast your ballot. Other candidates will be featured daily, with another profile Friday.  Broadway Pizzeria Restaurant, 616 N. Broadway. North White Plains, (914) 428-6218 How Long in Business: 43 years next month, owne…

SHARE

by Daily Voice
News
Former Mount Pleasant School Board Member Wins Seat As Write-In Candidate Former Mount Pleasant School Board Member Wins Seat As Write-In Candidate
Former Mount Pleasant School Board Member Wins Seat As Write-In Candidate MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- A town divided by two failed bond votes this school year rallied behind the Mount Pleasant School District on Tuesday -- easily passing its budget and electing a write-in candidate. Mount Pleasant's school budget passed by an unofficial margin of 1,322 yes votes to 679 no votes. John Piazza of Valhalla, a lifelong town resident, entered the race late at the urging of parents who were upset with unsuccessful bond votes in November and March for proposed new construction at Westlake High School and Westlake Middle School. \ Piazza served on the school board from…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Schools
Rye School Budget Passes Easily Rye School Budget Passes Easily
Rye School Budget Passes Easily WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- School budgets were approved by sizable margins on Tuesday in most area districts, according to unofficial early returns. Voters in Edgemont and Rye took it a step further by approving budgets for 2015-16 that can exceed the state's property tax cap. A "yes" vote totaling at least 60 percent of all votes is required to exceed the tax cap. Rye City School District's budget passed by a margin of 2,418 to 1,034 following a parent-led drive to get voters to override the state's cap on property tax levies. Voters cast the more than 60 percent affirmative votes needed to …

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Neighbors
Letter To Editor: Former Rye School Board Member Explains His 'No Vote' Letter To Editor: Former Rye School Board Member Explains His 'No Vote'
Letter To Editor: Former Rye School Board Member Explains His 'No Vote' RYE, N.Y. -- The Rye City School District’s budget for 2015-16 is up for public vote Tuesday.   If you have a child in the Rye Schools or have been reading the local papers, you’ve no doubt been impressed by the importance of getting this budget passed because if it fails, our schools will fail, property prices will immediately sink, and the world as we know it will end. The District and Board of Education’s core message is that because school enrollment has grown so much over the past 10 years and tax increases have been kept so low by using reserves that an over sized increase is need…

SHARE

by Bob Zahm
Schools
Rye City Schools Seek Tax Cap Override Rye City Schools Seek Tax Cap Override
Rye City Schools Seek Tax Cap Override WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Parent coalitions are leading "Vote Yes" campaigns on Tuesday in the Rye City School District and Edgemont Union Free School District . Supporters of public education in those communities seek to override the state's property tax cap on their proposed school budgets for 2015-16.  A statewide budget vote among nearly 700 public school districts includes 37 in Westchester County. A 60 percent "supermajority" yes vote is needed in either school district to raise property taxes under a state law set to expire in June 2016, unless the tax cap is made permanent by the Sen…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Schools
Mount Pleasant Residents Hold School Vote Rally, Support Write-In Candidate Mount Pleasant Residents Hold School Vote Rally, Support Write-In Candidate
Mount Pleasant Residents Hold School Vote Rally, Support Write-In Candidate WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- More than 250 "Friends of Mount Pleasant" held a rally in Thornwood on Sunday to publicize three open school board seats -- along with their support for the school district's 2015-16 budget. Tuesday's election at Westlake High School Gym includes the first known "write-in campaign" for a Mount Pleasant Board of Education seat. The fifth and newest candidate, John Piazza of Valhalla, is a former school board member and lifelong town resident. Details on the other four candidates can be found here on the Mount Pleasant website.  Meanwhile, residents of the Elms…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Prev Page 1068 of 1107 1,066 1,067 1,068 1,069 1,070 Next
10,671 - 10,680 of 11,070 articles