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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

Business
$500M Legoland Schedules Awareness Day For Industry Leaders As Launch Nears $500M Legoland Schedules Awareness Day For Industry Leaders As Launch Nears
$500M Legoland Schedules Awareness Day For Industry Leaders As Launch Nears LEGOLAND New York is coming to 500 acres in Goshen in 2020. But in the meantime, park developers and various charities are sponsoring an Awesome Awareness Day on June 28 at Otterkill Country Club, Campbell Hall. Presentations start at 1 p.m. and last until 3 p.m.  The $500 million park will be opened by the spring of 2020. "We invite those of any industry to partner with us in the community and would like you to attend," Legoland officials said in a press flyer. "How can your business, youth program, or school benefit? Please come find out" LEGOLAND's Awesome Awarenes…

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Sports
Pleasantville Upsets Briarcliff In Baseball Class B Title Game Pleasantville Upsets Briarcliff In Baseball Class B Title Game
Pleasantville Upsets Briarcliff In Baseball Class B Title Game Pleasantville's Panthers pulled a convincing upset win over Briarcliff on Saturday, May 26 to win the Section 1 Class B championship title in baseball. The No. 2 seed batted fiercely supported by stellar pitching from Brendan O'Neill. They enjoyed a 10-run sixth inning to topple the top-seeded Briarcliff varsity boys squad at Palisades Credit Union Park in Pomona. O'Neill retired the side in the bottom of the sixth to complete a six-hitter. It marks Pleasantville's first Section 1 championship title in baseball in about 20 years.

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Schools
Port Chester Attempts Second Bond Vote For $11M Middle School Repairs Port Chester Attempts Second Bond Vote For $11M Middle School Repairs
Port Chester Attempts Second Bond Vote For $11M Middle School Repairs Port Chester schools are giving it another try, proposing an $11 million bond issue for major repairs at the district's middle school. In February, by only 53 votes, residents of the Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District narrowly defeated a $12.5 million renovation project with most of the work planned at Port Chester Middle School. The second vote is 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5 in the middle school gymnasium.  A total of 940 residents voted for the project and 993 voted against it on Feb. 6, as reported here by Daily Voice. 

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News
Connecticut State Police Purchase 800 Body Cams Connecticut State Police Purchase 800 Body Cams
Connecticut State Police Purchase 800 Body Cams Connecticut State Police troopers will be wearing body camera's later this year. About 800 body cameras will be distributed this summer, state police said on Tuesday, May 29. The state said it received a grant for $895,000 from the U.S. Justice Department to help offset the cost of the new body cameras. Connecticut's state police commander Colonel George Battle has said all troopers will be wearing body cams by the end of the 2018.

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Business
MGM Resorts Buys Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway For $850 Million MGM Resorts Buys Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway For $850 Million
MGM Resorts Buys Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway For $850 Million This story has been updated. MGM Resorts International and MGM Growth Properties LLC announced that MGM Resorts has entered into an agreement to acquire the Empire City Casino's race track, Yonkers Raceway, and the casino for $850 million.  MGM Resorts and MGP have entered into an agreement whereby MGP will acquire the developed real property associated with Empire City from MGM Resorts and lease it back to a subsidiary of MGM Resorts, after which a subsidiary of MGM Resorts will operate the property, it was announced on Tuesday morning, May 29. "We are excited to announce the additio…

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Lifestyle
New Italian Restaurant Opens In New City New Italian Restaurant Opens In New City
New Italian Restaurant Opens In New City Rockland County welcomes Norcina restaurant to New City. County Executive Ed Day and other officials celebrated the grand opening of the new eatery, serving pizza and Italian cuisine, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.  "We wish them well and hope residents will stop in for a bite to eat," Day said.

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News
New Indian Point Siren Test Scheduled - Here's When New Indian Point Siren Test Scheduled - Here's When
New Indian Point Siren Test Scheduled - Here's When There will be a test of the Indian Point sirens in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange counties this week. The siren blast is only a test. It's scheduled for Wednesday, May 30 at about 10:30 a.m. If there were an emergency at the nuclear power plants, the sirens would be sounded continuously at full volume for four minutes, followed by an activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on radio and television stations to broadcast important information and instructions.  The sirens are not a signal to evacuate, rather they are intended to alert the public to tune to an EAS radio or TV …

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Lifestyle
Tech Company Starts Express Bus Service From Westchester Tech Company Starts Express Bus Service From Westchester
Tech Company Starts Express Bus Service From Westchester OurBus, a tech company offering intercity bus service, is expanding to White Plains with express bus trips to Boston. OurBus identified a critical need for more direct travel options for Westchester County residents to Boston, now offers express service starting on Tarrytown Road (Route 119) at the Westchester County Center and dropping passengers off in the Back Bay area of Boston. There are no flights from White Plains to Boston, and Amtrak's Acela skips New Rochelle, with only the local Northeast Regional making a stop there. "Up until now, there has been no direct, non-stop transp…

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Politics
Hillary Clinton's Endorsement Of Cuomo Over Nixon Angers Some Feminists Hillary Clinton's Endorsement Of Cuomo Over Nixon Angers Some Feminists
Hillary Clinton's Endorsement Of Cuomo Over Nixon Angers Some Feminists Hillary Clinton of Chappaqua endorsed fellow Town of New Castle resident Andrew Cuomo for another term as governor during Wednesday's Democratic Party Convention on Long Island. "We need leaders who stand up for progressive values and stand up to those who try to turn neighbor against neighbor and sow seeds of division," Clinton said, while never mentioning President Trump by name. "Most of all we need leaders who believe in producing results and getting things done." Clinton's endorsement is angering feminists who are backing the more progressive Democrat, Cynthia Nixon…

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Lifestyle
Annual Auto Show Coming Soon To Yorktown Annual Auto Show Coming Soon To Yorktown
Annual Auto Show Coming Soon To Yorktown In the market for a new car? Or, just interested in checking out some vintage or classic cars?  Yorktown's 7th Annual Auto Show promises to have it all -- including raffles for kids' cars.  This year's show is on Saturday, June 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, June 10. Sponsored by the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce, the show features 2018 and 2019 cars and trucks being sold by area dealers.  The show takes place on Commerce Street, Downing Drive and Kear Street.  More details can be found online by clicking here. 

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