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Zak Failla

Assistant Managing Editor

zfailla@dailyvoice.com

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Equal parts Lois Lane, J. Jonah Jameson and Vicki Vale, Zak! has traveled from coast-to-coast covering small and big town community news in both in print and online for nearly a decade since his graduation from the award-winning Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 2010.

Before settling into the Hudson Valley, Zak! previously spent time in the New York Daily News newsroom and worked for hyperlocal digital news outlets on Long Island. He wrote sports for The Ithacan and The Ithaca Journal before taking his talents to the Pacific Northwest, where he served as the sports editor at the Shoshone News-Press until heading back east to work with Daily Voice.

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News

New Racist Email Sent To Black Students Under Investigation At UMass New racist emails were sent to Black students and a staff member at the University of Massachusetts, school officials said. UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy sent an email to the community on Tuesday, May 3 after four Black student groups, including several Black students and one campus official received an email with “deeply racist, hateful language" that are being investigated. Subbaswamy said that the emails were similar in tone to an email sent to certain student groups last semester. Original story - Reports Of Black Students Receiving Racist Emails Under Investigation At UMass Poli…

by Zak Failla

05/04/2022

News

Ramp Closure Scheduled On Long Island Expressway To Northern State Parkway There is a ramp closure scheduled on the Long Island Expressway leading to the Northern State Parkway, according to the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) The NYSDOT announced that the Exit 38 ramp from the eastbound Long Island Expressway (I-495) to the eastbound Northern State Parkway in the Town of North Hempstead will be closed from 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 4 until 5 a.m. on Thursday, May 5. The ramp closure is to allow contracting crews to perform bridge maintenance in the area. During the closure, officials said that a detour will be available at Exit 39 for Glen Cov…

by Zak Failla

05/04/2022

News

Covid-19: Hospitalizations Above 200 In CT; Infection Rate Near 10 Percent The positive COVID-19 infection rate in Connecticut is surging toward double digits as the number of patients being treated for the virus statewide soared past 200. In the past seven days, there have been more than 63,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to the state Department of Public Health, resulting in 6,310 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus. The seven-day average positivity rate of those tests has jumped up to 9.99 percent after dipping below 7 percent last week. Forty-five more COVID-19 patients were administered to Connecticut hospital…

by Zak Failla

05/04/2022

Police & Fire

Detective Shot During Sting Operation In Yonkers Released From Hospital The veteran detective in Westchester who was shot during an anti-gun task force sting operation has been released from the hospital, according to multiple reports. There was no shortage of fanfare for Yonkers Police Det. Brian Menton, a 27-year veteran of the force who was shot at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 in a small grocery store on Elm Street. Earlier story - ID Released For Detective Shot During Sting Operation In Yonkers On Tuesday, May 3, Menton, age 47, was released from Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where he was met with bagpipes and raucous applause from…

by Zak Failla

05/03/2022

Police & Fire

Yonkers Appoints Deputy Chief As New Police Commissioner A veteran public servant in Westchester has been tabbed to take over as the police commissioner in “New York’s third-largest city,” as the mayor likes to say. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced that Yonkers Police Deputy Chief Chris Sapienza has been chosen as the city’s new police commissioner, replacing outgoing Commissioner John Mueller, who retired earlier in the week of Monday, May 2. Sapienza will serve as acting commissioner until the Yonkers City Council can confirm his appointment. Acting Yonkers Police Commissioner Chris SapienzaTwitter/@YonkersPD Spano touted Sapienza’s tem…

by Zak Failla

05/03/2022

News

Whole Foods To Close Stores In Four States Whole Foods will be shuttering the doors of six markets across four states, including one location in the North East, Amazon announced, according to a Bloomberg report. Citing long-term goals, Amazon, which purchased Whole Foods for $13 billion in 2017, confirmed that some stores will soon be closing as they shift their business plan. Stores will be closing in these locations: Brookline, Massachusetts; Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama; Tarzana, California; The Englewood and DePaul neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois. According to multiple reports, some of the stores could be closing as soon…

by Zak Failla

05/03/2022

News

Long Island Teen Arraigned On Rape, Burglary Charges For Violent Assault A 14-year-old on Long Island has been indicted for allegedly viciously attacking and sexually abusing a woman in front of her daughter during a violent burglary, authorities announced. On Tuesday, May 3, Suffolk County DA Raymond Tierney announced the unsealing of an indictment of a teen who has been charged with alleged rape and burglary offenses. Specifically, the teen - whose name has not been released - was charged with: Rape; Criminal sexual act; Two counts of assault; Two counts of burglary; Sexual abuse; Strangulation; Endangering the welfare of a child. According to the indictment…

by Zak Failla

05/03/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Arrested For Fatal 2021 Hit-Run Crash In CT, Police Announce A months-long investigation into a fatal hit-and-run in Connecticut led to the arrest of a 36-year-old woman who surrendered herself into custody, police announced. Middlesex County resident Amanda Mark, of Killingworth, turned herself in at the North Branford Police Department in New Haven County on Tuesday, May 3 on an outstanding warrant in connection with a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run on Oct. 16, 2021. North Branford Police Deputy Chief James Lovelace said that the incident happened on Branford Road (Route 139) when she struck and killed 52-year-old North Branford resident Douglas Clar…

by Zak Failla

05/03/2022

Politics

Hochul Says She's 'Horrified' By Supreme Court Draft Leak, Says NY Will Uphold Abortion Rights New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vowed to uphold abortion right laws in her state in the wake of the Supreme Court reportedly now having a majority to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision. According to reported leaks of a Supreme Court draft, lawmakers are planning to strike down the measure, which guaranteed federal protections of abortion rights for women. In the leaked draft, which was published exclusively by Politico, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the ruling was “egregiously wrong from the start,” and that “it must be overruled,” to “return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected r…

by Zak Failla

05/03/2022

Politics

Lamont Vows To Defend Abortion Rights In CT After Supreme Court Draft Leak On Roe Reversal Top lawmakers in Connecticut are promising to make their state a safe haven for women following the reported leaked documents that could lead to the Roe v. Wade decision being overturned. According to the draft of the apparent 5-4 majority High Court decision, federal officials are planning to strike down the measure, which guaranteed federal protections of abortion rights for women. In the leaked draft, which was published exclusively by Politico, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the ruling was “egregiously wrong from the start,” and that “it must be overruled,” to “return the issue of abo…

by Zak Failla

05/03/2022

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