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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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Letter To The Editor: Tell Albany To Protect Families, Caregivers Letter To The Editor: Tell Albany To Protect Families, Caregivers
Letter To The Editor: Tell Albany To Protect Families, Caregivers Daily Voice does not endorse the content of Letters to the Editor. To the Editor: My mother Lucy is 102 years old and has been a resident at St. Cabrini nursing home for almost five years now. Making the decision to place a loved one in a nursing home is complicated and stress inducing for a caregiver and their family.  After a lengthy search, I found St. Cabrini nursing home and I am grateful I did. My mother and father, married 62 years, raised my brother and me in the Bronx. When my father passed away twelve years ago, my mother moved in with me in Yonkers. Then seven yea…

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Politics
Early Voting For First Time In Westchester: When, Where? Early Voting For First Time In Westchester: When, Where?
Early Voting For First Time In Westchester: When, Where? Are you confused about the election process? Before it gets better, it's about to get a little more complicated. Starting Saturday, Oct. 26, all New Yorkers can begin voting for candidates in the Nov. 5 election -- yes, nine days before usual. That's because of a new "early voting" law, making New York the 39th state to offer it. Most counties will be offering one early voting site. Westchester residents are being afforded the ability to vote at one or -- in some cases -- two polling places from noon to 5 p.m. on most days leading up to the standard Tuesday Election Day. On a few days, the …

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Letter To The Editor: A Positive 'Obsession' About Kids' Safety Letter To The Editor: A Positive 'Obsession' About Kids' Safety
Letter To The Editor: A Positive 'Obsession' About Kids' Safety Daily Voice does not endorse the content of Letters to the Editor. To the Editor: Hi, I’m Josh. Fairfielder and Little League dad. The time my family and I have spent cheering on our Little League fields has given us some of the best experiences we’ll ever have.Today, I’d like to talk about the pile of toxic garbage that’s been spread across these fields, smearing a black layer of fear across our town. What binds us all together is our desperate desire to keep our children safe. Nothing matters more. We all want to fix this mess conclusively, and make sure nothing like it ever happens agai…

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Letter To The Editor: About Ossining's 'Project Forward' Letter To The Editor: About Ossining's 'Project Forward'
Letter To The Editor: About Ossining's 'Project Forward' Daily Voice does not endorse the content of Letters to the Editor. To the Editor: You may not have heard about “Project Forward." It is a Town of Ossining initiative to take away your right to elect positions. Let’s say that again, the initiative to take away your right to vote. What positions? Town Receiver of Taxes, Town Clerk, and Superintendent of Highways. As the former Receiver of Taxes Gloria Freid has written, appointing these positions opens the door to cronyism, and is a power grab by the Supervisor’s office. Under the current law, those that hold any of these elected offices mus…

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Politics
Westchester Congressman Not As Well-Known At Home As On House Floor Westchester Congressman Not As Well-Known At Home As On House Floor
Westchester Congressman Not As Well-Known At Home As On House Floor U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel has been drawing plenty of primetime national attention while holding congressional hearings and giving speeches about foreign policy and impeachment on the floor of the House of Representatives. Yet all of that anti-President Trump publicity has not translated into higher public opinion numbers back home in Westchester and the Bronx, according to a new poll from Data for Progress. Engel has been a member of Congress for more than three decades, yet half of all poll respondents could not name Engel’s ideology. And six of every 10 registered Democrats said they aren’t s…

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Lifestyle
World-Class Athlete 'At Home' Training In Westchester World-Class Athlete 'At Home' Training In Westchester
World-Class Athlete 'At Home' Training In Westchester Hungary's top hurdler has been training at a Westchester track, with hopes of eventually qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Why Westchester?  Because Valdó Szűcs' fiancée lives in Pleasantville; Szűcs takes advantage of PHS' rubberized, all-weather track whenever he's in the United States. His fiancée, Amber Lazzaro of Pleasantville steps in as one of Szűcs' managers whenever he is in America. During his training, Szűcs has been lending his expertise to a few Pleasantville High School hurdlers including Adrian Rippstein. Szűcs, 24, is leaving the country on Friday, …

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Politics
VIDEO: Democratic Field Widens For Westchester Rep. Nita Lowey's Vacated Congressional Seat VIDEO: Democratic Field Widens For Westchester Rep. Nita Lowey's Vacated Congressional Seat
Video: Democratic Field Widens For Westchester Rep. Nita Lowey's Vacated Congressional Seat The list of Democrats seeking U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey's congressional seat continues to grow. State Sen. David Carlucci announced his interest in running on Monday, Oct. 21. Carlucci represents part of Westchester and Rockland counties that comprise the 38th Senate District. His announcement can be watched by clicking here or on the photo above.  Carlucci,, 38, became the third Democrat to announce his candidacy for the 17th Congressional District this week, a seat that will open up after next year's retirement of Lowey after 31 years in Congress. In Monday's speech about his decision to…

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Lifestyle
Overdue? Public Library Collects Nearly $400,000 In State Grants Overdue? Public Library Collects Nearly $400,000 In State Grants
Overdue? Public Library Collects Nearly $400,000 In State Grants Hundreds of thousands of dollars can buy much more than a collection of Dr. Seuss or Roald Dahl children's books.  Kidding aside, Mount Pleasant Public Library is the recipient of nearly $400,000 in state grants for renovations to its popular children's room and energy-efficient lighting, heating and air conditioning throughout the library in Pleasantville.  At a press conference on Sept. 12, state Sen. Peter Harckham and Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti announced they had secured a $250,000 State and Municipal Facilities Program grant and a $140,591 library construction grant from the…

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Politics
Voters In Two Towns Asked To Convert Key Elective Offices To Appointed Jobs Voters In Two Towns Asked To Convert Key Elective Offices To Appointed Jobs
Voters In Two Towns Asked To Convert Key Elective Offices To Appointed Jobs As part of the fall election, Ossining Town Board will ask voters whether they support the conversion of the elected offices of Tax Receiver, Town Clerk, and Highway Superintendent to appointed offices. The town of Mount Pleasant recently added a referendum to its fall ballot to eliminate the elected office of Highway Superintendent.  Ossining's three ballot issues are the culmination of the first phase of "ProjectForward," a grant-funded effort by the Town. The project's goal is to streamline and modernize town government. A survey, engagement forums and public hearings allowed reside…

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Politics
CT Congressmen Rip Trump's Turkey Ceasefire CT Congressmen Rip Trump's Turkey Ceasefire
CT Congressmen Rip Trump's Turkey Ceasefire President Trump declared Thursday's ceasefire at the Turkish-Syrian border was "an incredible outcome." But the Republican's assessment was immediately shot down by congressional Democrats from Connecticut. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal tweeted: "The President got rolled, & so did our national integrity. It is yet another betrayal to our Kurdish partners & a boon to our adversaries, Russia & Iran. "This illusory solution is a catastrophic, roundabout way for President Trump to give President Erdogan exactly what he wanted: a Kurdish withdrawal, & free reign over northern Syr…

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