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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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Police & Fire
Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Long Island Gang Assault Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Long Island Gang Assault
Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Long Island Gang Assault Know anything? Police investigators on Long Island are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating suspects who are wanted in connection to an alleged gang assault earlier this summer. Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department issued an alert as they seek information as the investigation into a gang assault in New Hyde Park on Tuesday, Aug. 3. Officers responded to reports of gunshots fired at the Event Terminal on Nassau Terminal Road in New Hyde Park at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Aug. 3. Upon arrival, they found one man with a gunshot wound to his leg, and…

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Schools
COVID-19: Lamont Escorted Out As Anti-Maskers Heckle Speakers At Cheshire Back-To-School Forum COVID-19: Lamont Escorted Out As Anti-Maskers Heckle Speakers At Cheshire Back-To-School Forum
Covid-19: Lamont Escorted Out As Anti-Maskers Heckle Speakers At Cheshire Back-To-School Forum Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont had to be escorted to his car following an educational roundtable by security after being heckled by fervent anti-mask protesters in New Haven County. A group of approximately a dozen sign-wielding parents yelled at Lamont during the roundtable in Cheshire, which was open to the public to discuss how to safely have students and staff return to the classroom for the new school year. Earlier this month, Lamont announced that schools in Connecticut will have mask mandates for at least the beginning of the fall. Original story - COVID-19: CT Schools To Have Mask Ma…

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Police & Fire
Police Searching For Identified Suspect One Year After Fatal Westchester Shooting Police Searching For Identified Suspect One Year After Fatal Westchester Shooting
Police Searching For Identified Suspect One Year After Fatal Westchester Shooting One year later, police in Westchester are still seeking the public's assistance in tracking down a suspect wanted for a fatal shooting. The Yonkers Police Department issued an update as a reward remains unclaimed for information that leads to the arrest of a murder suspect in August 2020. Jerome Wilson, age 27, is wanted for allegedly intentionally murdering Chazz Mitchell, who was 24 years old at the time of the shooting, in front of a multi-family home in Yonkers on Oak Street on Tuesday, Aug. 25 last summer. In response, a $5,000 reward has been issued by the Yonkers Police Department f…

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News
Pet Shop In Westchester Permanently Shut Down After SPCA Investigation Pet Shop In Westchester Permanently Shut Down After SPCA Investigation
Pet Shop In Westchester Permanently Shut Down After SPCA Investigation A pet store in Westchester has been shut down permanently following an investigation by the SPCA into the conditions they kept their animals. Pet World on South Broadway in Yonkers was forced to close this week with its operating licenses revoked, the SPCA of Westchester announced. A joint investigation by the SPCA’s Humane Law Enforcement Unit, Yonkers Police, and Yonkers Building departments into “heartbreaking conditions” led to the revocation of their licenses. According to the pet shop's social media pages, the store sold a wide variety of animals, including dogs, cats, turtles, trop…

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News
COVID-19: FDA Likely To Approve Brand-New Time Frame For Booster Shot COVID-19: FDA Likely To Approve Brand-New Time Frame For Booster Shot
Covid-19: FDA Likely To Approve Brand-New Time Frame For Booster Shot The timeline for COVID-19 booster shots may be accelerated as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to approve booster shots for all Americans after six months, not eight, as previously announced. According to reports, as more data is examined by federal health officials, it is more likely that booster shots will be required sooner than later for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Before they can go into arms, the FDA must authorize booster shots for each vaccine. A spokesperson for the agency said that under its general policy it "cannot comment on or confirm the existence" o…

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COVID-19: Long Island Positive-Test Rate Stays Steadily High; New Breakdown By Community COVID-19: Long Island Positive-Test Rate Stays Steadily High; New Breakdown By Community
Covid-19: Long Island Positive-Test Rate Stays Steadily High; New Breakdown By Community The positive COVID-19 infection rate on Long Island is back below 4 percent after peaking over the past week as the Delta variant of the virus continues to plague the country. For the past three days, the average seven-day COVID-19 infection rate on Long Island has dropped, from 4.01 percent on Sunday, Aug. 22, to 3.98 percent the following day, to 3.92 percent in the latest data released by the state Department of Health.  The statewide infection rate has also fallen, from 3.16 percent to 3.13 percent over the same time frame. In Suffolk, 420 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in…

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COVID-19: Six CT Counties Now Rank At CDC's Highest Level For Transmission COVID-19: Six CT Counties Now Rank At CDC's Highest Level For Transmission
Covid-19: Six CT Counties Now Rank At CDC's Highest Level For Transmission Six counties in Connecticut are now designated within the “high transmission” category for COVID-19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With variants of the virus surging through Connecticut communities, the CDC has added Litchfield County as an area with high COVID-19 transmission, while upgrading Middlesex County back to the same level, making it six counties classified under that category. Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, Hartford, Litchfield, and New London counties are now being watched most closely by the CDC due to the recent rise in infections. “Substantial” tr…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees Positive-Test Rate Increase; New Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees Positive-Test Rate Increase; New Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees Positive-Test Rate Increase; New Breakdown By County Two new COVID-19 deaths were reported in the Hudson Valley as the region saw a small spike in its positive infection rate. The average seven-day COVID-19 infection rate has been fluctuating in the Hudson Valley, from 3.49 percent of those tested on Sunday, Aug. 22, down to 3.41 percent the following day before rising up to 3.51 percent according to the latest data released by the state Department of Health. Statewide, the infection rate has also fallen, from 3.16 percent to 3.13 percent over the same time frame. New virus-related deaths were reported in Ulster and Rockland counties. Other…

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Police & Fire
Suspect Caught After Squirting White-Liquid Substance On Women In Westchester, Police Say Suspect Caught After Squirting White-Liquid Substance On Women In Westchester, Police Say
Suspect Caught After Squirting White-Liquid Substance On Women In Westchester, Police Say A 27-year-old man was apprehended after allegedly squirting a white liquid meant to mimic semen on multiple women in Westchester, police said. The New Rochelle Police Department received a report from a woman shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25 who stated that she was walking on North Avenue earlier and was followed by a suspicious man. As she boarded the bus, a second passenger said that “he threw something on your back,” and she spotted him walking away toward Main Street. The suspect, later identified as New Rochelle resident Marco Medina, and multiple other victims came forw…

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State Police Bust Man Driving In Western Mass Construction Zone With Drugs, Rifles, Ghost Guns State Police Bust Man Driving In Western Mass Construction Zone With Drugs, Rifles, Ghost Guns
State Police Bust Man Driving In Western Mass Construction Zone With Drugs, Rifles, Ghost Guns A man driving in a blocked-off construction zone in Western Massachusetts is facing a host of charges after being busted with drugs and illegal weapons during a State Police traffic stop. State Police Trooper Casey Boyle was observing traffic in Chicopee on Route 90 in Hamden County shortly before midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 24 to monitor an active construction zone that was fully closed to traffic, police said. While on patrol, police said that Boyle observed a Jeep Wrangler approaching his position driving inside of the construction zone, then abruptly swerving back into the active travel l…

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