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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

Police & Fire

Hit-Run Driver At Large After Hospitalizing Pedestrian In Nassau County, Police Say A 72-year-old pedestrian was hospitalized in critical condition on Long Island after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in the middle of the afternoon, police said. Nassau County Police Department investigators said that at approximately 1:23 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 15, a woman was struck by a dark-colored, late-model Ford pick-up truck at the intersection of Front Street and Park Lane in Massapequa. After striking the pedestrian, police said that the driver fled the scene. The woman suffered severe trauma and was transported to an area hospital in critical condition. Police said that th…

by Zak Failla

11/16/2021

News

Costco Announces Recall Of Kool-Aid That Might Have Metal, Glass In The Powder Costco is cautioning customers to check their cabinets after issuing a recall for a popular Kool-Aid product. KraftHeinz and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a recall of “Kool-Aid Tropical Punch Mix” that came in 82.5-ounce packages with the item number “95740” due to the potential presence of small pieces of glass or metal in the powder. The recalled items have “Best When Used By” dates of “2023-08-31” and “2023-09-01.” According to a Stater Bros. Markets recall notice, the foreign materials "may have been introduced during production.”  “The company discovered…

by Zak Failla

11/16/2021

News

CT Man Arrested For Making Threats To Lamont, State Police Say A Connecticut man is facing charges for allegedly making online threats against Gov. Ned Lamont after receiving misinformation about COVID-19 in nursing homes, State Police announced. New London County resident Jonathan Wright, age 41, of Waterford, was arrested on a warrant on Monday, Nov. 15 after making threats on social media toward the governor in late October. Police said that Wright made multiple threatening Twitter posts in October that were directed toward Lamont. According to the arresting officer, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, Wright posted “You scum living on borrowed time. President T…

by Zak Failla

11/16/2021

Schools

Alert Issued After Threat Made Targeting Westchester School School officials in a Westchester district are on high alert after a post on social media threatening violence was made online. In New Rochelle, Albert Leonard Middle School Principal Camille Edwards-Thomas issued a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 16 regarding a message on social media from a student threatening to carry out an act of violence in the building. Edwards-Thomas said that the threat was investigated by the New Rochelle Police Department, which determined that there was no credible threat. “Today’s school session remains on schedule,” Edwards-Thomas stated. “As always, the school di…

by Zak Failla

11/16/2021

News

Teen Charged With Attempted Murder In Westchester, Police Say A teenage gang member with a history of violence is facing a host of new charges after allegedly attempting to murder someone outside a Westchester fast-food restaurant, law enforcement authorities announced. Members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to Saint Joseph’s Hospital at approximately 11:10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6, where there was a report of a man who suffered a gunshot wound and collapsed in the parking lot. Yonkers Police Det. Lt. Dean Politopoulos said that upon arrival, officers found the shooting victim in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso…

by Zak Failla

11/16/2021

Schools

Shots Fired Outside High School In Hudson Valley Gunshots fired outside a Hudson Valley high school forced an area school district to cancel classes and parent-teacher conferences, district officials announced. At approximately 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 15, there were reports of shots fired in Dutchess County outside of the Poughkeepsie High School on Forbus Street. Two people were subsequently detained by police in connection to the shooting, which remains under investigation. No injuries were reported. Out of precaution, the district announced that high school students should not report to class on Tuesday, Nov. 16 for a scheduled half-…

by Zak Failla

11/15/2021

News

Covid-19: Infection Rate, Hospitalizations Up In CT; Breakdown Of New Cases By County The number of COVID-19 patients being treated in Connecticut hospitals is back above 225 as the state saw a slight surge of new cases over the weekend. Since Friday, Nov. 12, Connecticut conducted 75,526 COVID-19 cases, resulting in 2,179 new laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for a 2,89 percent positive infection rate, up from the previous data released by the state Department of Health. Related story - COVID-19: New Deaths Reported, Infection Rate Steady In CT; Latest Breakdown Of Cases By County Thirteen new COVID-19 patients were admitted to Connecticut hospitals, as the numb…

by Zak Failla

11/15/2021

News

Covid-19: Beware Of Scam Calls About Exposure, CT DOH Says The Connecticut Department of Health is cautioning of opportunistic fraudsters who have been posing as purported COVID-19 contact tracers as part of a more elaborate scam. An alert was issued by the DOH after the Fairfield Health Department in Fairfield County advised that they had received a dozen calls from Connecticut residents in the past two weeks who were instructed to call a number regarding potential COVID-19 exposure. Officials said that none of the people contacted had been in Fairfield, and none were in the DPH ContaCT system, which tracks those who may have been exposed to the …

by Zak Failla

11/15/2021

News

Alex Jones Found Guilty By Default In Sandy Hook Defamation Case Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the host of Infowars who claimed that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a “giant hoax,” was found guilty by default in four defamation cases brought against him by family members of the victims. On Monday, Nov. 15, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis ruled against Jones by default for failing to comply with the discovery process. According to Bellis, Jones and the entities he controls used “willful noncompliance” with the discovery process as the basis of the ruling against him. “All the defendants have failed to fully and fairly comply with the…

by Zak Failla

11/15/2021

Politics

Astorino Says He Didn't See Nazi Symbols Displayed While He Spoke At Anti-Vax Protest Anti-vaccine protesters who displayed Nazi and hateful images outside a Jewish lawmaker’s office landed Republican New York gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino in hot water. On Sunday, Nov. 14, protesters led by Astorino, the former Westchester County Executive, and 2014 Republican New York gubernatorial nominee, congregated outside Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz’s office to speak out against the lawmaker’s proposed bill to require all New York students to get vaccinated in order to attend class. However, amongst the vociferous group of protesters, at least one woman held a poster that …

by Zak Failla

11/15/2021

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