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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

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Vehicle That Hit Moose In Cortlandt Has Not Been Located Vehicle That Hit Moose In Cortlandt Has Not Been Located
Vehicle That Hit Moose In Cortlandt Has Not Been Located State police provided more information Monday on the moose that was severely injured by an unknown motorist early Saturday and had to be shot to death. At about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, state police from the Cortlandt barracks received a report of an injured moose on the grass shoulder of Route 9 southbound about one mile south of the Welcher Avenue Exit in the Town of Cortlandt.  "Sadly, the moose was dispatched due to its injuries," state police said. With the assistance of the state Department of Transportation, the moose was removed by the state Department of Environm…

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Shootout Ends With Capture Of Afghani Native Sought In Bombings Shootout Ends With Capture Of Afghani Native Sought In Bombings
Shootout Ends With Capture Of Afghani Native Sought In Bombings This story has been updated. UPDATE: The FBI on Monday afternoon confirmed the capture of a 28-year-old Elizabeth, N.J., man wanted for questioning in connection with Saturday's bombings in midtown Manhattan and Seaside Park, as well as several bombs found at a train station near his home, after a shootout in Linden, N.J. Investigators believe Ahmad Khan Rahami acted alone, FBI Assistant Director William Sweeney said during a Manhattan news conference. Officials with the FBI's Newark Field Office say they "would like to thank all the hard working men & women of law enforcement who…

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Terror Suspect In Weekend Bombings Arrested In NJ Terror Suspect In Weekend Bombings Arrested In NJ
Terror Suspect In Weekend Bombings Arrested In NJ UPDATE: Police in Linden, N.J. said they captured a 28-year-old Elizabeth, N.J., man wanted for questioning in connection with Saturday's bombings in midtown Manhattan and Seaside Park, as well as several bombs found at a train station near his home. A police officer wearing a bulletproof vest was wounded in a shootout with Ahmad Khan Rahami, around 11 a.m., authorities said. Another officer had a hand or head injury, they said. Authorities said they also secured a backpack that Rahmani was carrying and were awaiting a bomb squad and K9 unit in the 500 block of Elizabeth Avenue in the Unio…

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West Point Locked Down After Report Of Suspicious Vehicle West Point Locked Down After Report Of Suspicious Vehicle
West Point Locked Down After Report Of Suspicious Vehicle For updated information on this story click the link below: Terror Suspect In Weekend Bombings Apprehended West Point officials located and identified an alleged suspicious vehicle reported Monday morning. Officials began searching for a vehicle after a concerned citizen reported seeing a man who fit the description of bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami, according to a U.S. Military Academy spokesman. The misidentified man was confirmed to be a resident of West Point, a USMA spokesman said at 11 a.m. Monday.  Once the report of a suspicious vehicle was made, appropriate security measures w…

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Injured Moose Shot By Police After Being Hit By Car In Cortlandt Injured Moose Shot By Police After Being Hit By Car In Cortlandt
Injured Moose Shot By Police After Being Hit By Car In Cortlandt State police provided more information Monday on the moose that was severely injured by an unknown motorist early Saturday and had to be shot to death. At about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, state police from the Cortlandt barracks received a report of an injured moose on the grass shoulder of Route 9 southbound about one mile south of the Welcher Avenue Exit in the Town of Cortlandt.  "Sadly, the moose was dispatched due to its injuries," state police said. With the assistance of the state Department of Transportation, the moose was removed by the state Department of Environm…

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Police & Fire
Irvington Police Nab Burglary Suspects In $30K Safe Heist Irvington Police Nab Burglary Suspects In $30K Safe Heist
Irvington Police Nab Burglary Suspects In $30K Safe Heist IRVINGTON, N.Y. -- Police arrested a pair of Sleepy Hollow men on Wednesday for stealing more than $30,000 in cash and jewelry during a home invasion break-in last month. Charged with second-degree burglary, a violent felony, are Frauli Rafael Soto-Dominguez, 21, and Aneudy B. Dominguez, 23. The pair are accused of breaking into a single-family home in the Spiro Park section of Irvington on Aug. 15 and stealing a safe containing the cash and jewelry "under the cover of darkness," police said in a press release. Irvington police said they were assisted in an investigation that led…

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Police & Fire
Scooter On Railroad Tracks Causes Metro-North Delays In Hastings-On-Hudson Scooter On Railroad Tracks Causes Metro-North Delays In Hastings-On-Hudson
Scooter On Railroad Tracks Causes Metro-North Delays In Hastings-On-Hudson This story has been updated. HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- A 44-year-old woman driving a scooter lost control of the vehicle Thursday morning, winding up on the railroad tracks at the Metro-North train station in Hastings. Aaron Donovan, deputy director of communications for Metro-North, said the accident occurred about 7:40 a.m., causing rush-hour delays along the Hudson Line.  Donovan said the woman and the motorized scooter wound up on a "nearby stretch of track."  The woman was taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla with non-life threatening head injuries, he said.  …

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Black Bear Sighted Near Church In Town Of Poughkeepsie Black Bear Sighted Near Church In Town Of Poughkeepsie
Black Bear Sighted Near Church In Town Of Poughkeepsie POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- The latest black bear sighting came early Wednesday in the Arlington section of the Town of Poughkeepsie, police said. The bear was spotted just before dawn near Holy Trinity Church, by Raymond Avenue and Main Street, according to Town of Poughkeepsie police. No one was reported hurt as a result of the encounter, police said. There have been scattered bear sightings throughout the summer in Dutchess, Putnam and northern Westchester counties as well as Connecticut, according to area police and state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). DEC officials advise …

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Business
'How To Influence Development' Is Topic Of Public Forum In White Plains 'How To Influence Development' Is Topic Of Public Forum In White Plains
'How To Influence Development' Is Topic Of Public Forum In White Plains WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The League of Women Voters and Rotary Club are co-sponsoring a panel discussion tonight titled "Downtown White Plains: Current Trends and Future Possibilities." The discussion by a panel of planning experts will focus on "how to influence development,'' according to Madeline Zevon of the League of Women Voters of White Plains. The forum runs from 7 to 9 pm. Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the Church Street School Auditorium, 295 Church St. in downtown White Plains. Refreshments will be served during the discussion, which is free and open to the public. "We …

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Hyde Park Teen Struck, Killed By Train Hyde Park Teen Struck, Killed By Train
Hyde Park Teen Struck, Killed By Train HYDE PARK, N.Y. - A Dutchess County teenager was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train, authorities said. Lewis Thomas Roemer, 19, of Hyde Park was fatally struck about 7 p.m. on Monday, according to Aaron Donovan, Metro-North's deputy director for communications. Roemer was hit on the tracks by a westbound train destined for Port Jervis, N.Y., just east of the Otisville train station in Orange County, Donovan said. The victim was a 2016 graduate of Franklin D. Roosevelt High School. There is an active, ongoing investigation by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police De…

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