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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

Politics
Blumenthal Says He Helped Kavanaugh Yale Classmate Contact FBI As Trump Blasts Senator Blumenthal Says He Helped Kavanaugh Yale Classmate Contact FBI As Trump Blasts Senator
Blumenthal Says He Helped Kavanaugh Yale Classmate Contact FBI As Trump Blasts Senator As President Trump mocked U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal at a Tennessee rally on Monday night, the Connecticut senator revealed he tried to help a Yale classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh send potentially incriminating emails to the FBI. The emails reportedly show that Kavanaugh's legal team tried to discredit the story of sex assault victim Deborah Ramirez, according to multiple media reports. Ramirez accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a college party.  Kerry Berchem, a corporate attorney from Fairfield attended Yale with Kavanaugh and Ramirez.  According to NBC…

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Schools
$25.5M Carmel School Bond Proposal Voted Down $25.5M Carmel School Bond Proposal Voted Down
$25.5M Carmel School Bond Proposal Voted Down For the second time in less than a year, Carmel taxpayers defeated a school renovation bond plan, this time worth $25.5 million.Tuesday night's unofficial results were 1,334 votes against the bond issue and 1,192 Carmel residents for it. Carmel School Superintendent Andy Irvin has said the roofs at all five schools are more than 30 years old and need to be replaced. He also said there was a flood at the high school this summer. The most sensitive part of the proposal was $11.7 million for a new garage to house the district's school buses. That would have taken land off the tax rolls in the…

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Politics
Obama Endorses Lamont, Several Local Dems Obama Endorses Lamont, Several Local Dems
Obama Endorses Lamont, Several Local Dems Former President Barack Obama endorsed Ned Lamont’s candidacy for governor on Monday, Oct. 1 while offering his support for many Democrats running for the Connecticut House and Senate.  In Lamont's endorsement, Obama cited a moment of courage from a dozen years ago.  At the time, Obama backed incumbent Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s, urging Connecticut Democrats not to defeat Lieberman for Lamont because the senator supported the war in Iraq.  “When Ned Lamont stood up to his own party and opposed the war in Iraq more than a decade ago, he showed the courage to do what was right,” Obama said in a…

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News
Dominican Sisters Of Hope Preserve 34 Acres Along Hudson River Forever Dominican Sisters Of Hope Preserve 34 Acres Along Hudson River Forever
Dominican Sisters Of Hope Preserve 34 Acres Along Hudson River Forever The Dominican Sisters of Hope announced the preservation of 34 acres -- more than half the riverfront property known as Mariandale. Mariandale is owned by the Dominican Sisters of Hope and is situated along a stretch of the Hudson River.  The property is adjacent to the Village of Ossining’s 30-acre Crawbuckie Nature Preserve. Together, nearly one mile of uninterrupted Hudson shoreline now is protected in perpetuity. The property will continue to be owned and managed by the Sisters as a retreat and conference center.  Westchester Land Trust will hold the conservation easement, which prohi…

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Politics
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Will Speak At Sacred Heart University Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Will Speak At Sacred Heart University
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Will Speak At Sacred Heart University Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will be the next speaker in Sacred Heart University’s Distinguished Leaders Series -- after the mid-term elections. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at Sacred Heart's Martire atrium.  The public is invited. Copies of Spicer's book, "The Briefing," will be available for sale.  The Distinguished Leaders Series features leaders from a variety of sectors who have made significant business and public service contributions. It is presented and hosted by SHU Trustee Katie Burke, who serves as senior strategist an…

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Politics
Plastic Bag Ban Approved By Stamford Board Plastic Bag Ban Approved By Stamford Board
Plastic Bag Ban Approved By Stamford Board Stamford joined Greenwich and Westport in approving a future ban on single-use plastic bags in that city. On Monday, Oct. 1, Stamford's Board of Representatives in voted in favor of the ban, which begins in six months. Stamford's board also approved charging 10 cents to customers who use recyclable paper bags instead of bringing their own reusable bags. The new city ordinance calls for the paper bags be 100 percent recyclable and contain at least 40 percent recycled content.  Greenwich's ban went into effect on Sept. 12, also six months after its passage, as reported here by Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire
Runaway Car Rams Other Vehicles, Parking Meters On Halstead Avenue In Mamaroneck Runaway Car Rams Other Vehicles, Parking Meters On Halstead Avenue In Mamaroneck
Runaway Car Rams Other Vehicles, Parking Meters On Halstead Avenue In Mamaroneck In you witnessed what looked like a disastrous motor vehicle accident in the Village of Mamaroneck on Friday afternoon, it looked nastier than it turned out, according to police. The accident occurred in front of 141 Halstead Ave.  Eyewitnesses said an elderly woman lost control of her car and rammed into several parked cars and multiple parking meters before coming to a stop. Police did not release the name of the driver. "No injuries were reported and no summonses were issued," said Lt. Sandra DiRuzza, a spokeswoman for the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department.

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News
These Six Fairfield County Locales Rank Highest In Crime, According To New FBI Statistics These Six Fairfield County Locales Rank Highest In Crime, According To New FBI Statistics
These Six Fairfield County Locales Rank Highest In Crime, According To New FBI Statistics The latest FBI Crime statistics are out for 2017, and they provide mostly good news for the state of Connecticut overall, which enjoyed a lower rate of violent crimes and property crimes. However, six cities in Fairfield County had crime rates of 1 or more per 1,000 residents. They are Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk, Stamford and Trumbull. The complete report can be found by clicking here:  According to the report, the state's largest cities continue to experience a higher crime rate, including Bridgeport (9.00), New Haven (8.46) and Hartford (10.93), The FBI Crime in the United States repo…

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News
New Felony Gun Law Takes Effect In Connecticut New Felony Gun Law Takes Effect In Connecticut
New Felony Gun Law Takes Effect In Connecticut Several new laws took effect across Connecticut on Monday, Oct. 1. They include a ban on rapid-fire devices known as "bump stocks."   Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed making the semiautomatic gun "enhancements' illegal after the deadly Las Vegas mass shooting that killed 58 people and injured hundreds of others one year ago at a country music concert, as reported here by Daily Voice. A bump stock is a device that gives a gun the power to fire like an automatic weapon. Anyone caught with a bump stock in Connecticut, faces five years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine …

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Business
These Companies Doing Business In CT Named Among Nation's Top 100 For Working Moms These Companies Doing Business In CT Named Among Nation's Top 100 For Working Moms
These Companies Doing Business In CT Named Among Nation's Top 100 For Working Moms A national ranking of mom-friendly companies shows that more than one-third of them have business connections to Connecticut. According to Working Mother, 38 companies that conduct business in the Nutmeg State were named to the publication's 100 Best Companies list. The list looked at key family-friendly factors, such as businesses that offer an average of 10 weeks of paid maternity leave. Some of the companies lauded were General Electric, Capitol One, Zurich, Lilly, PwC, Unilever and UBS. For the full Connecticut list and to search for companies nationwide named to the top 100, click he…

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