Karen Dewitt
NYS Capitol CorrespondentKaren DeWitt is Capitol Bureau chief for New York State Public Radio, a network of public radio stations in New York state. She has covered state government and politics for the network since 1990.
She is also a regular contributor to the statewide public television program about New York State government, New York Now. She appears on the reporter’s roundtable segment, and interviews newsmakers.
Karen previously worked for WINS Radio, New York, and has written for numerous publications, including Adirondack Life and the Albany newsweekly Metroland.
She is a past recipient of the prestigious Walter T. Brown Memorial award for excellence in journalism, from the Legislative Correspondents Association, and was named Media Person of the Year for 2009 by the Women’s Press Club of New York State.
Karen is a graduate of the State University of New York at Geneseo.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul became the first woman ever elected to the role Tuesday, turning away a challenge from Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin. -
New York has elected its first female governor, with Democrat Kathy Hochul winning a full term, defeating Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin in what was a closer race than many had expected.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her challenger, Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin, locked in a close race, kept up frenzied campaign schedules over the weekend, with just one full day now left before Election Day. Everything is now about getting their supporters to turn out at the polls.
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Governor Kathy Hochul held several “get out the vote” rallies around the state Wednesday, including one in Albany with the head of the state’s largest labor organization.
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The two candidates for New York governor, Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, who is seeking election to a full term in office, and challenger Republican Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin, sparred in a spirited debate held on Spectrum News Tuesday night that touched on crime, abortion, and threats to democracy.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin visited a pizza shop near the New York State Capitol in Albany Friday to discuss concerns over rising crime. The shop’s owner says the crime rate in his neighborhood may force him to close the location.
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The two candidates for governor in New York are doubling down on their priority issues in the race. Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, who is running for a full term, highlighted abortion rights on Wednesday, while Republican candidate and Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin focused on fighting crime.
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New York’s crime rate is once again an issue in the governor’s race, after two teenagers were shot Sunday outside the home of Republican candidate Lee Zeldin.
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New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, who has made the rising crime rate an issue in his campaign, saw gun violence literally hit close to home on Sunday, when a drive-by shooting left two people injured in his front yard. No one in the Zeldin family was hurt.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is defending a decision to buy over half a billion dollars in COVID-19 rapid tests from a campaign donor last winter. Her Republican opponents have seized on the issue ahead of November's election, and one government reform group says it merits an investigation.
