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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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was in Poughkeepsie Monday to promote legislation aimed at expanding childcare options for police officers. -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is reminding school districts to submit their plans to comply with a new school cellphone ban starting this fall. -
On this week's 51%, we speak with Shani Adess, vice president of the New York Legal Assistance Group, about the importance of providing sound legal advice to survivors of domestic violence, and what people should know if they bring their abuser to court. -
After more than an hour of public comment Wednesday night, the Lloyd Town Board voted to table a trio of resolutions that would have set a zoning rule for crematoriums. -
One of the shinier proposals from New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is to make the city's bus system fare-free. As New Yorkers debate the idea’s feasibility, lawmakers in Westchester County are working to crack down on fare evasion after years of offering free-bus programs. -
You may want to keep extra bug spray on hand over the next few months. Ellenville Regional Hospital in Ulster County says it is seeing an increase in patients reporting tick bites this summer. -
In a break with the Trump administration, Republican New York Congressman Mike Lawler is urging Haitian residents in Spring Valley to seek asylum before temporary protected status for Haitians ends on September 2. His announcement comes as a local student was recently released from ICE custody. -
On this week’s 51%, we speak with UC Davis law professor Mary Ziegler about her new book, Personhood, and what she sees as the future of the abortion rights debate. -
Did an aide to Congressman Mike Lawler pretend to be part of a Democratic opposition group and encourage its members to disrupt a town hall earlier this year? Members of the protest group “Fight Lawler” seem to think so. -
Now that it has been signed into law, health care providers are assessing the potential impact of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on hospitals in New York state. As WAMC Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Jesse King reports, the law has rural hospitals bracing for impact.
