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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.

Zak Failla's Contributions

News

One Hospitalized After School Bus Crashes Into Building In Merrick At least one person was hospitalized after being struck by an errant school bus that drove into a Long Island dry cleaner, police said. First responders responded to a stretch of Merrick Avenue in Merrick at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Monday, March 28, where there was a report of a bus that had struck a business, causing extensive structural damage to the building It is unclear what caused the crash, which led to a temporary closure of the roadway as police investigated the incident at Merrick Park Cleaners & Tailors on Merrick Avenue at the intersection of Benson Lane. At the time of…

by Zak Failla

03/28/2022

Lifestyle

$1,000 A Day Cash4Life Ticket Sold In Hudson Valley For the third time in as many months, a valuable top-prize winning New York Lottery ticket was sold at the same Hudson Valley store. the New York Lottery announced that a winning “Cash4Life” ticket was sold in Dutchess County at Smokes 4 Less on Main Street in Fishkill that is worth $1,000 a day for one lucky NY Lottery player. The winning numbers of the Sunday, March 27 drawing were 12-18-26-42-58 with a Cash Ball of 03. New York Lottery has not disclosed who won the top prize. It represents the third time in 2022 that a winning ticket worth thousands was sold at Smoke 4 Less, with Powe…

by Zak Failla

03/28/2022

News

CFO Sentenced For $33M Healthcare Scheme Involving Westchester Company A 50-year-old woman will spend more than five years in prison and surrender millions of dollars after being sentenced for a “widespread” $33 million healthcare fraud scheme involving a Westchester auto dealership, federal officials announced. Connecticut resident Erin Verespy, of Trumbull in Fairfield County, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for her role in a $33 million scheme to misappropriate client healthcare funds and defraud multiple lenders through her role as the Chief Financial Officer of Employee Benefit Solutions (EBS), an insurance firm in Wilton. Earlier story - Four From …

by Zak Failla

03/28/2022

News

CFO From Trumbull Sentenced For $33M Healthcare Scheme A Fairfield County woman will spend more than five years in prison and surrender millions of dollars after being sentenced for a “widespread” $33 million healthcare fraud scheme, federal officials announced. Trumbull resident Erin Verespy, age 50, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for her role in a $33 million scheme to misappropriate client healthcare funds and defraud multiple lenders through her role as the Chief Financial Officer of Employee Benefit Solutions (EBS), an insurance firm in Wilton. Earlier story - Four From Fairfield County Charged In $17 Million Insurance Firm Scheme I…

by Zak Failla

03/28/2022

Police & Fire

Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Multi-Family Sleepy Hollow Home More than two dozen residents were displaced in Westchester after a fast-moving three-alarm fire tore through a multi-family home, authorities announced. Upwards of 100 firefighters from 14 departments responded in Sleepy Hollow to a North Washington Street home at approximately 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, in Sleepy Hollow when a fire broke out and flames tore through the three-story residence. Video of the fire can be found here. Crews worked through the night to knock down the flames, as the fire was declared under control at around midnight. Officials said that no residents suffered a…

by Zak Failla

03/28/2022

Politics

Brand-New Poll Reveals How Cuomo Would Do Against Hochul In Potential Primary Matchup New York Gov. Kathy Hochul continues to lead the way as the Democratic gubernatorial primary approaches, though things could change if her former boss throws his hat into the ring, according to a new poll. Hochul has opened up a commanding 40-point lead over Democratic challengers Jumaane Williams and Long Island Congressman Tom Suozzi, according to a newly released Siena College poll, though that lead dramatically shrinks if former Gov. Andrew Cuomo decides to run. Earlier story - Surprising New Poll Reveals How Cuomo Would Fare In Primary Against Hochul According to the poll, if Cuo…

by Zak Failla

03/28/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Says Man Tried To Lure Her Into Van At Business Park Drive In Armonk A suspicious man sought to lure a woman into the back of his van in the parking area of a Northern Westchester business park, police said. Shortly after 3 p.m. on Monday, March 21, a woman walked into North Castle Police Headquarters to advise that she had just been approached by a man trolling in a van. Police said the woman reported that she was walking in the parking lot of a Business Park Drive building in Armonk at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon when she was approached by a man between the age of 45 and 50 who was operating a “newer model, brown-colored van.” It is alle…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2022

Business

Magnetic Toys Recalled Over Ingestion Concerns Thousands of magnetic toys sold by an online retailer are being recalled due to a potential hazard it could cause in children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that more than 4,000 cases of magnetic Boxine blocks sold at tonies.com are being recalled due to concerns they could be swallowed and cause additional complications. “When two or more high-powered magnets are swallowed, either intentionally by younger children or accidentally by older children, the ingested magnets can attract to each other, or to another metal object, and become lodged in the digestive system…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Wanted After Stealing iPhone From East Meadow Taco Bell Counter Recognize her? An alert was issued by law enforcement agencies on Long Island as they attempt to identify and locate a sticky-fingered suspect who was caught on camera stealing an iPhone that was left behind at an area Taco Bell counter. In East Meadow, Nassau County police detectives released a video and photos of a woman who is wanted after stealing from the Hempstead Turnpike fast food restaurant at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22. Police said that the woman approached the front counter, and the investigation determined that she proceeded to remove an iPhone from the count…

by Zak Failla

03/27/2022

News

Mount Vernon Man Sentenced For Fatal Shooting Of Roommate A Westchester man will spend more than a decade behind bars after being sentenced for fatally shooting his roommate during an argument, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Mount Vernon resident Akeem Palmer, age 25, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter, a violent felony, in connection to the 2020 shooting of his roommate. Original story - Westchester Man Charged With Murder For Fatal Shooting Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said that on April 26, 2020, Palm…

by Zak Failla

03/26/2022

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