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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

Sports

New York High School Athletes Can Now Profit Off Name, Image, Likeness High school student-athletes in New York who make a name for themselves can now profit off it. At its quarterly Executive Committee meeting, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announced that it has revised its rule regarding amateur athletes statewide, and that student-athletes can now profit off their name, image, or likeness. The move comes after an NCAA ruling over the summer allowing college athletes to similarly cash in. NYSPHSAA said that student-athletes can “participate in commercial endorsements provided there is no school team, school, se…

by Zak Failla

10/21/2021

Politics

Covid-19: Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone Tests Positive One of Long Island’s top elected officials has become the latest to become the victim of a breakthrough COVID-19 infection. Despite being fully vaccinated, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that he has tested positive for the virus and is experiencing minor symptoms. Bellone said that he will follow all recommended protocols for fully vaccinated people set forward by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) moving forward. The County Executive said that he will quarantine at home for the next seven days, and that no one else in his house or on his staff has test…

by Zak Failla

10/21/2021

News

Westchester Man Arraigned On Murder Charge For Fatal 2020 Shooting A man apprehended nearly one year after a fatal shooting in Westchester has been arraigned on murder and weapons charges. Yonkers resident Jonathan Planas, age 32, was indicted on charges that include second-degree murder and four counts of criminal possession of a weapon, all felonies, for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Alvaro Vigueras Medina on Oct. 10, 2020. Original story - Suspect Nabbed Nearly Exactly One Year After 20-Year-Old Shot, Killed In Westchester Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said that if convicted, Planas faces a term of 15 years to life in prison. Th…

by Zak Failla

10/21/2021

Police & Fire

Woman Left 50 Dogs In Hudson Valley Home With Little Food, Water, Police Say Dozens of dogs were abandoned with limited food and water by a Hudson Valley woman who is now facing animal abuse charges. In Orange County, New York State Police investigators arrested Gulsen Iroldi, age 41, of Unionville, on Wednesday, Oct. 20 under a statute of the Agriculture and Markets Law for torturing animals and failure to provide sustenance. Police said that the investigation determined that Iroldi left approximately 50 dogs in an area residence with very little food and water. The dogs have been removed from the residence by the Dog Wardens from Deerpark and Minisink and re…

by Zak Failla

10/21/2021

Police & Fire

Group Of Juveniles Observed In BMW Stolen In Fairfield County, Police Say A group of minors are at large after allegedly stealing a BMW SUV in Fairfield County and going on a joy ride, police said. A Dubois Street resident in Darien reported to police that her 2021 white BMW X7 had been stolen overnight on Monday, Oct. 11 after she left it unlocked with the keys in the center console. According to police, surveillance video from a neighbor showed a dark-colored SUV arrive outside the Dubois Street home shortly after 5:30 a.m. that morning, with two passengers exiting and approaching cars in the area. The victim was able to provide tracking information, which sho…

by Zak Failla

10/21/2021

News

Covid-19: Here's Latest Long Island Positive-Test Trend; New Case Rundown By Community Seven new COVID-19 deaths were reported on Long Island in the latest update provided by the New York State Department of Health. The average seven-day positive COVID-19 infection rate on Long Island is down for the third straight day, as it has dipped from 2.68 percent of those tested on Sunday, Oct. 17 to 2.58 percent the previous day and 2.50 percent on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Statewide, the infection rate dropped from 2.46 percent to 2.33 percent during the same time frame. Five new virus-related deaths were reported in Suffolk County, bringing the total number of fatalities since the b…

by Zak Failla

10/21/2021

News

Covid-19: Here's Latest Hudson Valley Positive-Test Trend; New Case Rundown By County Two new COVID-19 deaths were reported in the Hudson Valley according to the latest update provided by the New York State Department of Health. The average seven-day positive COVID-19 infection rate in the Hudson Valley is down for the third straight day, as it has dipped from 2.22 percent of those tested on Sunday, Oct. 17 to 2.18 percent the previous day and 2.05 percent on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Statewide, the infection rate dropped from 2.46 percent to 2.33 percent during the same time frame. A total of 34 New Yorkers died from COVID-19, including single deaths in both Westchester and Putna…

by Zak Failla

10/21/2021

News

Good Samaritan Assisting Motorists After Crash Struck By Van On New TZB A Good Samaritan from Long Island assisting two motorists on the New York State Thruway was hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by a passing van in the Hudson Valley. New York State Police troopers in Westchester County responded to a reported crash involving a man at approximately 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20 on I-87 in Greenburgh. Police said that the man - later identified as Nassau County resident Michael McCutchan, age 61, of Westbury, stopped to assist two motorists who were involved in a property damage crash in the northbound center lane on the new Tappan Zee Bri…

by Zak Failla

10/20/2021

Sports

NY Islanders Legend Mike Bossy Battling Lung Cancer Hockey Hall of Fame forward Mike Bossy announced that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer. A New York Islanders legend, the 64-year-old Bossy announced that he will be stepping away from his role as a hockey analyst with TVA Sport in Canada to receive treatment following his diagnosis. “I can assure you that I intend to fight with the determination that you have seen me display on the ice and in my game,” Bossy said in his announcement. “That same determination that helped me achieve my dreams.” Bossy also spent a year working for the MSG Network before heading to his native Canada to …

by Zak Failla

10/20/2021

News

Elected Official In CT Arrested On Federal Fraud Complaint An elected official in Connecticut was charged on a federal fraud complaint after allegedly defrauding his city out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. In New Haven County, Democratic State Rep. Michael DiMassa is facing a fraud charge following allegations that he defrauded the City of West Haven out of more than $630,000. DiMassa was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in November 2016 to represent the 116th Assembly District of West Haven and New Haven It is alleged that DiMassa, age 30, formed the Compass Investment Group with another person and proceeded to bill …

by Zak Failla

10/20/2021

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