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. 

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Fairfield County Woman Among Two Charged With Running Marriage Fraud Scheme Fairfield County Woman Among Two Charged With Running Marriage Fraud Scheme Fairfield County Woman Among Two Charged With Running Marriage Fraud Scheme
Fairfield County Woman Among Two Charged With Running Marriage Fraud Scheme A 14-count indictment was unsealed on Friday detailing charges against two Connecticut residents, including one from Fairfield County, accused of operating an extensive immigration marriage fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said.  Jodian Stephenson, 34, of Bridgeport --also known as “Jodian Gordon,” and Donovan Lawrence, 62, of Milford, were charged, according to John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, and Christopher W. Fonda, Supervisory Immigration Officer for …

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Poughkeepsie, NY
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Three Trustees Elected In Village Of Fishkill Three Trustees Elected In Village Of Fishkill Three Trustees Elected In Village Of Fishkill
Three Trustees Elected In Village Of Fishkill Three trustees in the Village of Fishkill will start their terms on July 2.           Fishkill voters elected three village trustees on Tuesday, June 19, with a light turnout. Dean Scofield and incumbent Trudi Newhard won a three-way race for two seats for trustee, who serve two-year terms.  Scofield received 44 votes, Newhard received 37 and Rafael Delgado received 16 votes. Incumbent Matthew Vetare won a one-year term, running unopposed, with 35 votes.

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Immigration Crisis A 'Human Tragedy, Threat To Our Values,' Cuomo Says Immigration Crisis A 'Human Tragedy, Threat To Our Values,' Cuomo Says Immigration Crisis A 'Human Tragedy, Threat To Our Values,' Cuomo Says
Immigration Crisis A 'Human Tragedy, Threat To Our Values,' Cuomo Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the Trump Administration’s "inhumane treatment of immigrant children has left a dark stain on the history of our nation." "It is a human tragedy and a threat to our values," the New Castle Democrat wrote in this op-ed in The New York Times.  President Trump signed an executive order on June 20 rolling back his policy of separating parents from their children while claiming to solve a problem that was of his own creation. "But this order is no solution at all," Cuomo wrote. "It still leaves open the long-term detention of immigrant c…

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Mahopac, NY
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Voters Approve Brewster School Budget Voters Approve Brewster School Budget Voters Approve Brewster School Budget
Voters Approve Brewster School Budget Voters in the Brewster Central School District approved a $98 million budget for next year. A total of 1,123 Brewster residents voted for the budget proposal and 454 against it on Tuesday, June 19. Brewster was among three Hudson Valley school districts where taxpayers were asked to vote a second tie after the initial proposal was defeated. Brewster's next operating budget will increase the property tax levy by 2.22 percent. In May, Brewster voters rejected a proposed $99 million budget: 808 residents voted against it and 689 supported it. New Rochelle and East Ramapo school districts al…

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Fairfield, CT
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Ganim Qualifies For Dem's Primary Challenge To Lamont, Who Welcomes Debates Ganim Qualifies For Dem's Primary Challenge To Lamont, Who Welcomes Debates Ganim Qualifies For Dem's Primary Challenge To Lamont, Who Welcomes Debates
Ganim Qualifies For Dem's Primary Challenge To Lamont, Who Welcomes Debates Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim’s petition drive to force a Democratic gubernatorial primary has prevailed.  Ganim said the Secretary of the State has confirmed he had legally collected the minimum 15,458 signatures needed to challenge the political party's endorsed candidate -- Ned Lamont of Greenwich -- in an Aug. 14 primary. Ganim supporters collected more than 32,000 signatures. On Wednesday, Lamont invited candidates who qualified for the ballot to join him in three gubernatorial debates. Lamont is confirmed to participate in: The Connecticut Association of Realtors Democratic and WTNH N…

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White Plains, NY
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Stepinac Welcomes 33 Into Honor Society Stepinac Welcomes 33 Into Honor Society Stepinac Welcomes 33 Into Honor Society
Stepinac Welcomes 33 Into Honor Society Archbishop Stepinac High School has inducted 33 high achieving students into the Honors Academy. It's the first-of-its-kind, small personalized learning program in the region, officials at the private school in White Plains said.i Starting in September, the group of sophomore-year students will pursue advanced studies in either engineering, health sciences, finance or law. Launched three years ago, Stepinac’s Honors Academy has captured headlines, most recently for the inaugural group’s Symposium last May on the unresolved Flint, Michigan, contaminated drinking water crisis. To qualify for…

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White Plains, NY
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Latimer Speaks Out Against 'Mistreatment' Of Immigrant Families At Border Latimer Speaks Out Against 'Mistreatment' Of Immigrant Families At Border Latimer Speaks Out Against 'Mistreatment' Of Immigrant Families At Border
Latimer Speaks Out Against 'Mistreatment' Of Immigrant Families At Border NY Moving Forward With Lawsuit After Trump's About-Face On Child Separation County Executive George Latimer expressed his outrage on Wednesday, June 20 at news that immigrant children being separated from their parents by federal agents, as reported here by Daily Voice.  “Like many Westchester residents I am heartbroken and outraged over the mistreatment of immigrant families at the border – especially the children who are being separated from their parents," Latimer said. "While we, as a County, are committed to tolerance, transparency and keeping families together – this Country…

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Mount Pleasant, NY
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Hundreds Attend Clinton, Patterson Book Tour In Westchester Hundreds Attend Clinton, Patterson Book Tour In Westchester Hundreds Attend Clinton, Patterson Book Tour In Westchester
Hundreds Attend Clinton, Patterson Book Tour In Westchester This story has been updated. Ted Amoruso of Mount Vernon said he wouldn't miss a visit by a president, even if it meant lining up at 5 a.m. for a book signing 14 hours later. "I waited in line for Ringo in 2003. How often do you meet a Beatle? I've never met a president." And Amoruso said he has always been a fan of Bill Clinton of Chappaqua, Al Gore and Hillary Clinton, whom he did meet during her 2016 campaign against President Donald Trump, who owns an estate in Bedford. Amid heavy Secret Service security and a sweep by dogs, former President Clinton stopped by the Barnes &…

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Monsey, NY
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East Ramapo Taxpayers Defeat School Budget Revote East Ramapo Taxpayers Defeat School Budget Revote East Ramapo Taxpayers Defeat School Budget Revote
East Ramapo Taxpayers Defeat School Budget Revote East Ramapo Central School District voters rejected a second attempt to pass a proposed operating budget for the next school year.on Tuesday, June 19.According to early, unofficial results, 2,509 East Ramapo voters supported the school budget proposal, while 3,137 were against it. Because the $273.3 million budget vote failed again, school officials now must cut $4.3 million in spending. That means the East Ramapo Board of Education may have to eliminate summer school, athletics, extracurricular activities, electives and an undisclosed number of staff. After the school district's $237.3 mil…

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Armonk, NY
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Byram Hills Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian Byram Hills Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian Byram Hills Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Byram Hills Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian Byram Hills High School announced that Jackson Deitelzweig is the Class of 2018's valedictorian and Stella Li graduates as the salutatorian. Deitelzweig and Li were among the 205 students to graduate from Byram Hills on Tuesday, June 19. They both delivered speeches during the commencement ceremony held in the Concert Hall at the SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center. Deitelzweig will attend Princeton University in the fall, while Li is headed to Brown University. Both plan to study computer science, according to Byram Hills Central School District officials. “On behalf of the entire facult…

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