Jon Craig

Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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

White Plains, NY
Your Community
Broadway In North White Plains A Finalist In DVlicious Pizza Contest Broadway In North White Plains A Finalist In DVlicious Pizza Contest Broadway In North White Plains A Finalist In DVlicious Pizza Contest
Broadway In North White Plains A Finalist In DVlicious Pizza Contest WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- We asked. You answered. In our hunt for the best pizza in Westchester, Broadway Pizzeria Restaurant in North White Plains was selected by you -- our readers --  among the top five. We still need your vote to crown the winner but in the meantime, here's a "slice" of what makes this pizzeria so DVlicious. Voting is open until May 22 so go here to cast your ballot. Other candidates will be featured daily, with another profile Friday.  Broadway Pizzeria Restaurant, 616 N. Broadway. North White Plains, (914) 428-6218 How Long in Business: 43 years next month, owne…

SHARE

by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
Breaking News
Former Mount Pleasant School Board Member Wins Seat As Write-In Candidate Former Mount Pleasant School Board Member Wins Seat As Write-In Candidate Former Mount Pleasant School Board Member Wins Seat As Write-In Candidate
Former Mount Pleasant School Board Member Wins Seat As Write-In Candidate MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- A town divided by two failed bond votes this school year rallied behind the Mount Pleasant School District on Tuesday -- easily passing its budget and electing a write-in candidate. Mount Pleasant's school budget passed by an unofficial margin of 1,322 yes votes to 679 no votes. John Piazza of Valhalla, a lifelong town resident, entered the race late at the urging of parents who were upset with unsuccessful bond votes in November and March for proposed new construction at Westlake High School and Westlake Middle School. \ Piazza served on the school board from…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Rye, NY
Your Community
Rye School Budget Passes Easily Rye School Budget Passes Easily Rye School Budget Passes Easily
Rye School Budget Passes Easily WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- School budgets were approved by sizable margins on Tuesday in most area districts, according to unofficial early returns. Voters in Edgemont and Rye took it a step further by approving budgets for 2015-16 that can exceed the state's property tax cap. A "yes" vote totaling at least 60 percent of all votes is required to exceed the tax cap. Rye City School District's budget passed by a margin of 2,418 to 1,034 following a parent-led drive to get voters to override the state's cap on property tax levies. Voters cast the more than 60 percent affirmative votes needed to …

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Rye, NY
Your Community
Letter To Editor: Former Rye School Board Member Explains His 'No Vote' Letter To Editor: Former Rye School Board Member Explains His 'No Vote' Letter To Editor: Former Rye School Board Member Explains His 'No Vote'
Letter To Editor: Former Rye School Board Member Explains His 'No Vote' RYE, N.Y. -- The Rye City School District’s budget for 2015-16 is up for public vote Tuesday.   If you have a child in the Rye Schools or have been reading the local papers, you’ve no doubt been impressed by the importance of getting this budget passed because if it fails, our schools will fail, property prices will immediately sink, and the world as we know it will end. The District and Board of Education’s core message is that because school enrollment has grown so much over the past 10 years and tax increases have been kept so low by using reserves that an over sized increase is need…

SHARE

by Bob Zahm
Rye, NY
Your Community
Rye City Schools Seek Tax Cap Override Rye City Schools Seek Tax Cap Override Rye City Schools Seek Tax Cap Override
Rye City Schools Seek Tax Cap Override WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Parent coalitions are leading "Vote Yes" campaigns on Tuesday in the Rye City School District and Edgemont Union Free School District . Supporters of public education in those communities seek to override the state's property tax cap on their proposed school budgets for 2015-16.  A statewide budget vote among nearly 700 public school districts includes 37 in Westchester County. A 60 percent "supermajority" yes vote is needed in either school district to raise property taxes under a state law set to expire in June 2016, unless the tax cap is made permanent by the Sen…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Your Community
Mount Pleasant Residents Hold School Vote Rally, Support Write-In Candidate Mount Pleasant Residents Hold School Vote Rally, Support Write-In Candidate Mount Pleasant Residents Hold School Vote Rally, Support Write-In Candidate
Mount Pleasant Residents Hold School Vote Rally, Support Write-In Candidate WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- More than 250 "Friends of Mount Pleasant" held a rally in Thornwood on Sunday to publicize three open school board seats -- along with their support for the school district's 2015-16 budget. Tuesday's election at Westlake High School Gym includes the first known "write-in campaign" for a Mount Pleasant Board of Education seat. The fifth and newest candidate, John Piazza of Valhalla, is a former school board member and lifelong town resident. Details on the other four candidates can be found here on the Mount Pleasant website.  Meanwhile, residents of the Elms…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Mamaroneck, NY
Breaking News
Mamaroneck's North Barry Avenue Bridge Closed For Emergency Water Repairs Mamaroneck's North Barry Avenue Bridge Closed For Emergency Water Repairs Mamaroneck's North Barry Avenue Bridge Closed For Emergency Water Repairs
Mamaroneck's North Barry Avenue Bridge Closed For Emergency Water Repairs This story has been updated. MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Due to deteriorating conditions of a 12-inch water main that crosses above the Metro-North Railroad tracks, the North Barry Avenue Bridge was closed to traffic on Thursday and Friday for emergency water main repairs. Public works crews replaced a failing section of water main that was originally installed in 1921, Village Manager Richard Slingerland said. Slingerland told Daily Voice, "The emergency repair was prompted by gradual wear through the water main, which started out as a slow-dripping leak over the past two months, which acce…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Greenburgh, NY
Your Community
Elmsford School Board Member Quits Amid CBS Investigation Of His Residency Elmsford School Board Member Quits Amid CBS Investigation Of His Residency Elmsford School Board Member Quits Amid CBS Investigation Of His Residency
Elmsford School Board Member Quits Amid CBS Investigation Of His Residency ELMSFORD, N.Y. -- The president of the Elmsford School Board resigned Tuesday night and withdrew his name for reelection in next Tuesday's election after CBS New York discovered he moved to Yorktown in 2013. Michael Colasuonno claimed to live on Woodlands Avenue in Elmsford, a home owned by his sister, but voted in Yorktown Heights last fall, CBS reported here. Colasuonno's biography has been removed from the Elmsford Union Free School District's web site, but Colasuonno still appeared in a group photo of the Board of Education on Thursday. State law requires school board members to …

SHARE

by Daily Voice
Harrison, NY
On Your Side
Westchester Avenue Welcomes First New Office Building In Quarter-Century Westchester Avenue Welcomes First New Office Building In Quarter-Century Westchester Avenue Welcomes First New Office Building In Quarter-Century
Westchester Avenue Welcomes First New Office Building In Quarter-Century PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Westchester County's "Platinum Mile" -- now commonly referred to as the "Medical Mile" -- welcomed its first new office building in more than 25 years on Wednesday at 3030 Westchester Ave. The grand opening of an 85,000-square-foot facility by WESTMED Medical Group included a major facelift to three adjoining offices built in the late 1960s. They once headquartered the Melville Group -- a large retail holding corporation that changed its name to CVS Corp. in 1996 during a massive reorganization.  The complex, formerly known as Harrison Professional Park, has been renam…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Harrison, NY
Breaking News
Public Works Crews On A Mission, Potholes Filled In Parts Of Harrison Public Works Crews On A Mission, Potholes Filled In Parts Of Harrison Public Works Crews On A Mission, Potholes Filled In Parts Of Harrison
Public Works Crews On A Mission, Potholes Filled In Parts Of Harrison WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Shortly after Daily Voice's survey of Westchester County roadway conditions, Harrison Department of Public Works' crews filled some nasty potholes along Park Avenue in that village. (See "before" photo from May 1 to the right.) The same good news cannot be reported about pitted roadways identified in Bedford, Briarcliff, Mount Pleasant, New Rochelle, North Castle, Pleasantville or White Plains -- where public pavement remains bumpy along Route 117, Route 172, Pinebrook Boulevard, Pleasantville Road, Marble Avenue and other busy thoroughfares like Interstate 684 …

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Prev Page 1067 of 1106 1,065 1,066 1,067 1,068 1,069 Next
10,661 - 10,670 of 11,056 articles