Jon Craig

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Pleasantville native Jon Craig is special editor for the Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange and Dutchess Daily Voice sites. He is also the primary reporter for Daily Voice Plus Politics in Westchester and Fairfield.

Jon graduated from Cornell University and received his master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Across a 35-year career, he's worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in Chicago, New York, Ohio & Washington, D.C and as managing editor for weekly newspapers in Rye, White Plains and Harrison.

Jon also writes periodically for the Cornell Chronicle.

Career Highlights:

  • Covered Metro-North train wreck that killed a motorist and five commuters, 2015
  • Researched state investigative project for PublicIntegrity.org, 2011-12
  • National MADD award for database analysis of repeat drunk drivers in Ohio, 2008.
  • Henry F. Guggenheim Fellow, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2010.
  • Sentenced to jail for protecting confidential sources (won on appeal), 1999.
  • Broke 30th anniversary story about Kent State shootings — using FBI records, resurrecting theory a student informant triggered fatal National Guard volley, May 2000.
  • Covered Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks.
  • Uncovered voting problems before & during presidential recount in Ohio, 2004.
  • Witnessed botched Death Row execution of Romell Broom in 2009, one of more than a dozen I covered; Wrote about three inmates whose death sentences were commuted to life without parole.
  • Won IRE, SDX and multiple national & state awards for series led by Erik Kriss investigating New York General Assembly. 1994.
  • Guest lecturer at universities in NY & Ohio. Taught Syracuse high school journalism class.
  • Co-authored IRE-award winning series on illegal restraints/beatings at juvenile detention centers. Gov. Mario Cuomo had NY inspector general confirm what Hart Seely and I found at Division for Youth & fired top directors, 1993.
  • Survived Air Force Kool School training at North Pole, 1996.
  • Covered Persian Gulf wars, including 2002 bomb missions from Turkey and stateside Army/Air Guard training. 1991.
  • Supervised overnight coverage of Pan Am Flight 103 after Libyan bomb killed 35 Syracuse University students over Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988.
  • Covered aftermath of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal plane crash from Cape Cod, 1999.
  • Greeted Kurt Vonnegut Jr. as Cornell Sun sports editor during daily's 100th anniversary dinner in May 1980. 

Jon Craig's Contributions

Pelham, NY
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French American School Is Evacuated After Gas Odor Reported French American School Is Evacuated After Gas Odor Reported French American School Is Evacuated After Gas Odor Reported
French American School Is Evacuated After Gas Odor Reported This story has been updated. MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- The French American School of New York in the village of Mamaroneck was evacuated briefly on Thursday morning due to a report of a gas odor detected. No one was reported hurt, but volunteer firefighters and Con Edison were called to 145 New St. About 11:10 a.m., police and school officials said students had returned to class.  It was determined that a gas pilot had gone out in an oven at the school, which caused the odor, a school spokeswoman said. The problem was fixed, police said. School officials and police said the evacuation went smo…

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Somers, NY
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Police Locate Missing Hyde Park Teenage Girl Police Locate Missing Hyde Park Teenage Girl Police Locate Missing Hyde Park Teenage Girl
Police Locate Missing Hyde Park Teenage Girl HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- Hyde Park Police said they have located a 14-year-old girl who reportedly ran away from home earlier on Wednesday. Police posted a photo and details about Myranda Moyer-Boughton's disappearance on Facebook. Moyer-Boughton was safe, police told Daily Voice.

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Greenburgh, NY
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Uncontested Races Retain Incumbents In Greenburgh, Ardsley Uncontested Races Retain Incumbents In Greenburgh, Ardsley Uncontested Races Retain Incumbents In Greenburgh, Ardsley
Uncontested Races Retain Incumbents In Greenburgh, Ardsley GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Incumbency is alive and well in the Town of Greenburgh, where the 24-year town supervisor and his entire board was reelected on Tuesday unopposed. The same held true in three of the six villages within the Town of Greenburgh on Tuesday: Voters in Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry and Irvington all elected village officials who ran unopposed this fall. Notable among the re-elected incumbents is Paul Feiner, first elected Greenburgh town supervisor in 1991. Feiner, a Democrat, was unopposed by received nearly 6,000 votes on Tuesday, according to unofficial returns from the Westchester …

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Mount Pleasant, NY
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Mount Pleasant Voters Re-Elect Supervisor, Two Town Board Incumbents Mount Pleasant Voters Re-Elect Supervisor, Two Town Board Incumbents Mount Pleasant Voters Re-Elect Supervisor, Two Town Board Incumbents
Mount Pleasant Voters Re-Elect Supervisor, Two Town Board Incumbents MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- Voters elected Republican incumbents Nicholas DiPaolo and Mark Rubeo Jr. to the Mount Pleasant Town Board on Tuesday. According to unofficial returns from the Westchester County Board of Elections, DiPaolo was elected to his first full-term with 3,223 votes or 39 percent of the total cast. Rubeo was re-elected to his second full-term with 3,122 votes or 38 percent of the total. Democrat Wayne McPartland failed to win a seat, receiving 1,973 votes or 24 percent of the total cast on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. The rest of Mount Pleasant's elective offic…

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Rye, NY
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Rye Voters Pick Three New Common Council Members Rye Voters Pick Three New Common Council Members Rye Voters Pick Three New Common Council Members
Rye Voters Pick Three New Common Council Members RYE, N.Y. -- Rye voters elected three new members to the Rye Common Council on Tuesday. There were three seats up this election, with council members Richard Slack and Laura Brett deciding against running for reelection. The top finisher in a six-way vote for three seats was Democrat Emily Hurd with 1,572 votes, or 19 percent, according to unofficial returns from the Westchester County Board of Elections. The top Republican vote-getter on Tuesday, was Richard Mecca -- with 1,408 votes or 17 percent, according to unofficial returns. Mecca was appointed by Rye Mayor Joe Sack to fill an unexp…

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Mamaroneck, NY
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Mamaroneck Voters Re-Elect Mayor, Councilman In Close Challenges Mamaroneck Voters Re-Elect Mayor, Councilman In Close Challenges Mamaroneck Voters Re-Elect Mayor, Councilman In Close Challenges
Mamaroneck Voters Re-Elect Mayor, Councilman In Close Challenges MAMARONECK, N.Y. --It was close for most of Tuesday night, but Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum, 72, was re-elected to a fourth, two-year term. Rosenblum, a Republican, is a contract administrator for Safe Flight Instrument Corporation. Unofficial returns from the Westchester County Board of Elections had Rosenblum leading Democrat Daniel Natchez by 53 to 47 percent -- a margin of less than 200 votes. Natchez, 71, is president of an environmental waterfront development design consulting company. Natchez, a former village trustee, has said hasty development can harm the village.…

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Poughkeepsie, NY
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Dutchess County Legislature Welcomes New Members With Some Very Close Races Dutchess County Legislature Welcomes New Members With Some Very Close Races Dutchess County Legislature Welcomes New Members With Some Very Close Races
Dutchess County Legislature Welcomes New Members With Some Very Close Races POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- The 25-member Dutchess County Legislature is expected to seat at least seven new members in January due to incumbents stepping aside or losing September primaries. Five county legislature races remained close late Tuesday, according to unofficial returns from the Dutchess County Board of Elections. Five sitting legislators did not seek re-election on Tuesday.  Two other incumbent legislators -- Democrat Gwen Johnson of Poughkeepsie and Republican Gerald Hutchings of LaGrangeville -- failed to secure major party ballot lines and lost their Independence Party bids on Tu…

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Poughkeepsie, NY
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Dutchess Voters Overwhelmingly Re-Elect Marc Molinaro As County Executive Dutchess Voters Overwhelmingly Re-Elect Marc Molinaro As County Executive Dutchess Voters Overwhelmingly Re-Elect Marc Molinaro As County Executive
Dutchess Voters Overwhelmingly Re-Elect Marc Molinaro As County Executive POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Republican Marc Molinaro was elected to a second four-year term as Dutchess County Executive, according to unofficial returns from the county Board of Elections on Tuesday night. Molinaro was leading Democrat Diane Jablonski with 63 percent of the nearly 46,000 votes cast. Jablonski, a former Dutchess County comptroller who promised "leadership, not just cheerleading,'' had about 37 percent of the total votes cast, also according to unofficial returns. Prior to his election as county executive in 2011, Molinaro served as s state assemblyman, county legislator and …

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Harrison, NY
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Harrison Voters Pick New Town Justices; Re-Elect Mayor, Council Members Harrison Voters Pick New Town Justices; Re-Elect Mayor, Council Members Harrison Voters Pick New Town Justices; Re-Elect Mayor, Council Members
Harrison Voters Pick New Town Justices; Re-Elect Mayor, Council Members This story has been updated. HARRISON, N.Y. -- Harrison Supervisor/Mayor Ronald Belmont was easily re-elected to a second term on Tuesday, according to unofficial returns from the Westchester County Board of Elections.  Belmont, Harrison's director of Parks and Recreation for 35 years, led Democrat Elizabeth Schaper with 79 percent of the vote total. Two incumbent Republicans seeking re-election to the Harrison town/village board members -- Stephen Malfitano and Fred Sciliano -- also are apparent winners -- each receiving about 34 percent of total votes cast on Tuesday. They defeated Democ…

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White Plains, NY
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White Plains Voters Re-Elect Common Council Members White Plains Voters Re-Elect Common Council Members White Plains Voters Re-Elect Common Council Members
White Plains Voters Re-Elect Common Council Members This story has been updated. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains voters re-elected three incumbent Democrats to the city's Common Council on Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Westchester County Board of Elections. Four people ran for three seats. Republican AnneMarie Encarnacao, a lifelong resident of White Plains, lost her second try at landing a seat on the all-Democratic city council, securing about 13 percent of the unofficial vote totals. Incumbent Democrat Nadine Hunt-Robinson completed the unexpired term of Ben Boykin, who left to became a Westchester County legislat…

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