Jesse King
Hudson Valley Bureau Chief/Host, 51%Jesse King is the host of WAMC's national program on women's issues, "51%" and the station's bureau chief in the Hudson Valley. She has also produced episodes of the WAMC podcast "A New York Minute In History."
A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, King first joined the WAMC newsroom as an intern in September 2018. She grew up an avid writer and radio-nerd in Apalachin, New York, and spent much of her college years managing WONY 90.9 FM, contributing to the student-run podcast, "Oneonta Voices," and interning with Phoenix FM in Dublin, Ireland. She holds a B.A. in Music Industry and Mass Communications, and plays the fiddle in her free time.
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Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger signed an executive order Monday reaffirming the county’s protections for transgender residents. -
Before Kingston Mayor Steve Noble announced plans to remove the Pike Plan canopies on Wall and North Front Streets last year, the city sent a fake letter to the state supporting its demolition. -
The Ulster County clerk says he will not file a summary judgement against a New Paltz, New York doctor being sued in Texas for prescribing abortion medication via telehealth. -
We internalize a lot of ideas about womanhood, good and bad, as we grow up. On this week’s 51%, we speak with Dr. Samra Zafar about how to ditch the bad ones. In her new book Unconditional, Zafar shares her journey of escaping an abusive, forced marriage and unlearning her long-held beliefs around love and womanhood. -
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano urged New York state to grant a gaming license for the city’s casino in his annual State of the City address Wednesday. -
Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger laid out a plan Wednesday to invest nearly $5 million in EMS agencies and plug service gaps across the county. -
Dutchess County is looking to hire some of the former New York state corrections officers who were fired after an unauthorized strike earlier this month. -
Poughkeepsie Mayor Yvonne Flowers touted millions in outside funding for the city, including a $10 million award from New York state, in her annual State of the City address. -
March is Women's History Month. In Westchester County, one of the founders of the National Organization for Women is still active and working to keep the memory of the second wave feminist movement alive. -
On this week’s 51%, we sit down with longtime feminist activist Muriel Fox to chat about how the National Organization for Women got started in the 1960s, and how it fought for many of the rights and opportunities women cherish today.
